#1848 LOW Trial-2: Fingerprinting external storage media

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#1848: Fingerprinting external storage media
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 Reporter:  Eben         |       Owner:  tomeu  
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  low          |   Milestone:  Trial-2
Component:  sugar        |     Version:         
 Keywords:               |    Verified:  0      
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 In keeping with the two-tone color scheme used to represent XOs within the
 mesh, we'd really like to fingerprint external storage media such as USB
 sticks and SD cards with the identity of their owners.  For simplicity,
 ownership can be determined as the "first to mount" the media, at which
 time a hidden file at the root of the device can be written, containing
 the identity information for the XO.  This info should include their
 stroke and fill colors, their unique identifier, and optionally their name
 and other basic information.  A standard reformat, of course, would erase
 this identity info.

 Using this data, a mounted drive can appear on other laptops in the colors
 of the XO to whom it belongs.  If their name is embedded, the primary
 rollover for the device can read as "Eben's USB Drive" or similar.  Using
 the unique identifier, the colors within the identity file can be
 dynamically updated if the owner changes his/her colors on the mesh.  (Of
 course, you could also simply update it each time it is mounted on it's
 owners machine.)

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/1848>
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