3 tips that may save your life one day

One of the tricks thieves use to gather information about your routine is so simple that you may not even give it a second thought but the next time you hear a quiet crackle under the sole of your shoe stop and check what it was the chances are high that you'll find yourself face to face with a crushed cookie if that's the case it's your clue that something has gone terribly wrong the thing is this is a rather effective tool criminals use to find out if you've left on a trip or when exactly you come home in the evening a cookie is such an innocent object that people don't usually give it much thought if they even notice it at all you arrive home step on the cookie make it crumble and automatically reveal all your secrets to burglar they know for sure if the house is lived in and can also figure out the schedule of its owners things get even worse if you're away from home the cookie under the doormat remains whole thus alerting criminals that the house is perfect for a Breakin so if you find some treat streets under your doormat that's pretty bad news someone is interested in your house and watching it it might be a good idea to notify the police or take some safety measures.

If you're walking along the street and notice a USB flash drive sticking out of a curb or a wall don't get confused you have most likely stumbled across a dead drop despite its ominous name this is a global art project that has borrowed some tricks from the world of spies and Espionage lots of people who know about this project are happy to be able to put on their black coat and dark sunglasses and go to swap confidential information with others the thing is that many decades ago spies had their own ways to exchange secret materials there was a live drop when spies met in person but this was often extremely dangerous that's why a dead drop system was invented in this case some loose bricks in a wall and an Alleyway hid important documents that had to be picked up later nowadays there are more than 1 and 1/2 thousand dead drops all over the world and the accumulated data on these flash drives reaches 10 terab you can come across a dead drop on any continent you visit except Antarctica maybe because they're not so many walls there. so if you find one what do you do with it, first of all, it's highly inadvisable to connect random USB flash drives to your computer you never know what viruses are lurking there looking forward to destroying your hard drive content and while the risk is a part of the game don't overdo it if you're 100% sure that you want to play secure your computer as well as you can or even better secondly you can't even guess what information will be waiting for you on a flash drive anyone can download videos photos or text files and this has already led to several problems.

Now you leave a shopping mall your office an airport and go to the parking lot to find your car you unlock it and put the key in the ignition when you're about to start your vehicle and drive away you see something strange on your windshield is that a $100 bill wrapped around your wiper oh you could certainly find a way to spend this unexpected gift but do you really think someone accidentally put money on your windshield and forgot all about it beware this is nothing but a root because as soon as you get out of your car to get a closer look at this mysterious bank note the owner of the bank note will take action they will get into your car and drive off at a record-breaking speed let's admit that no one would turn off their ignition and take their belongings with them if they got got out of the car to check the windshield for a Cote as a result in under a minute you'll lose your car your wallet and your documents and you'll be left stranded in the parking if you ever happen to be one of these people don't fall into this trap and don't try to remove the object just get in your car and drive away as fast as you can from the place you were parked.