Flash Drives for Freedom Reviews and details

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• How do the escapees of North Korea know to escape?

  You can help get information about life beyond NK by donating media drives: https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/. Source: 10 months ago

• Debunking Azerbaijani History Books

  e.g. Dropping flash drives into North Korea. Source: 11 months ago

• Best Korea 🇰🇵

  There are several media covering this story about the smuggling of USB drives, including Washington Examiner, The Guardian and Buisness Insider just to name few. There's even a website for people who want to participate to that. Source: about 1 year ago

• China declined U.S. request for phone call between defense chiefs -Pentagon

  A similar practice is used today with North Korea, where balloons are floated into the country with SD Cards and USB sticks - which are small enough to break and swallow in a pinch. It is easy to get involved with this through https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org. Source: about 1 year ago

• What can you do with alot of USBs?

  You should check out https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/ - the load the donated sticks with positive/freedom related content and get them into North Korea to show the people a different way of life exists. Source: over 1 year ago

• What can you do with alot of USBs?

  This might be a good idea Flash drives for freedom. Source: over 1 year ago

• What can you do with alot of USBs?

  Send to a charity that will use them to smugle western movies into north korea. https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/. Source: over 1 year ago

• What happens to all the USB-sticks that the Univerisities collect from students as part of Thesis requirement?

  They should consider sending them to https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/. Source: over 1 year ago

• Iran blocks capital’s internet access as Amini protests grow

  You said the South Koreans balloon drop USB drives. Yes, the Flash drives for freedom project popularized the idea and just about everyone with an internet connection knows that. You are free to share something new, that all of us could learn about. Source: over 1 year ago

• North Korea Hacked Him. So He Took Down Its Internet

  I would rather support https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/ if you want to annoy NoKo. Source: over 1 year ago

• Flicking the kill switch: governments embrace internet shutdowns as a form of control | From Sudan to Syria, Jordan to Jaipur, the trend towards digital authoritarianism is deepening

  We’re generously trying to provide just that to our fellow earthlings in DPRK. Source: over 1 year ago

• Stick it in his mouth.

  From their FAQ. Feel free to read up:https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/. Source: over 1 year ago

• North Korean Street Scene

  I can only encourage you to please look more into perspectives directly from NK defectors. Especially the organisation Liberty In North Korea does not only provide help to anyone fleeing NK and assimilating to a life in South Korea but also provides great resources to learn more about life in NK by giving defectors and their stories a platform. These two TED talks by Hyeonseo Lee and Yeonmi Park have been my... Source: almost 2 years ago

• The Identity of Kim Il Sung (1949) (declassified 2011) [pdf]

  Funnily enough what you describe with balloons is still being done with USB sticks today: https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• When the whole country of North Korea puts on a show so that visitors believe the country is prospering:

  You can help to change that: Https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Four minutes of totally spontaneous cheering for the Dear Leader - then...silence

  You're 100% correct. Though, there is hope. There's a movement at the moment to smuggle in media from the outside world to educate these people and allow them to break free. It's called 'flash drives for freedom'. Https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/ They're USBs loaded with information and are being sold in South Korean markets to buyers that stock up on necessities for North Korea. Source: almost 2 years ago

• When the whole country of North Korea puts on a show so that visitors believe the country is prospering:

  I think the best solution is for the people to start seeing the truth. And if redditors want to help, they can simply donate old flash drives. https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/. Source: almost 2 years ago

• How should we deal with undemocratic nations?

  Something I can strongly support is smuggling information into totalitarian countries. Movies, TV shows, books, news articles… you name it. This kind of thing undermines a totalitarian government’s authority, and can catalyze democratic revolution from within. Projects like Flash Drives for Freedom are actively doing this today. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Any on PHX need/want this awesome piece of history? I'm moving and can't justify packing it again

  Hey, listen to this darkness diaries podcast and consider donating it to https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/. Source: almost 2 years ago

• What to do with old flash drives?

  Donate them. Bonus points: donate them to help the people of North Korea to freedom! Source: almost 2 years ago

• Folks whose years in IT are in the double digits, do you get less swag than you use to?

  I've got a large bag I'm saving up, gonna ship them out to Flash Drives for Freedom. Source: about 2 years ago