luv2dad Posted August 14, 2016 #1 Share Posted August 14, 2016 My husband found a flash drive at the airport yesterday in Florida. It has so many memories on it. I really want to try to get it to its owners. Its a family that went on Carnival Aug 7 to 13th. Im hoping the family looks on here. If so they can message me at luv2dad@optonline.net. I called Carnival, they cant help. I called the airport, they cant help. I feel so bad because this family has so may pictures and videos from their vacation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisegal40 Posted August 14, 2016 #2 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Did you post this on Carnival's thread also? Someone from there might have some knowledge. Also if you can tell which ship... put it in that roll call also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinCan782 Posted August 14, 2016 #3 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Carnival "lost and found"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted August 14, 2016 #4 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Welcome to Cruise Critic. I hope you find the owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted August 14, 2016 #5 Share Posted August 14, 2016 The first photo anyone takes should be of their phone number, so if it's lost, the owner can be notified! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted August 14, 2016 #6 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Link to the Carnival Board here: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=215 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted August 14, 2016 #7 Share Posted August 14, 2016 The first photo anyone takes should be of their phone number, so if it's lost, the owner can be notified! That's what I do!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Anne Posted August 14, 2016 #8 Share Posted August 14, 2016 I posted a link to this thread on the Carnival boards..... luv2dad....can you tell what Carnival ship from the photos? That info might be helpful as well. THANKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champagne123 Posted August 14, 2016 #9 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Are there any pictures of the Carnival ship with the ships name on it? If so, the roll call would probably be the place to post this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Dazzles Posted August 14, 2016 #10 Share Posted August 14, 2016 If you use social media, like Facebook for example, perhaps post there and ask people to share. Outside chance but some of the posts go a long way. Nice of you to try ...... Agree about meet and mingle or Carnival lost and found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widallas Posted August 14, 2016 #11 Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) The first photo anyone takes should be of their phone number, so if it's lost, the owner can be notified! Thanks for the great idea! Edited August 14, 2016 by widallas Quoted the wrong post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted August 14, 2016 #12 Share Posted August 14, 2016 My husband found a flash drive at the airport yesterday in Florida. It has so many memories on it. I really want to try to get it to its owners. Its a family that went on Carnival Aug 7 to 13th. Im hoping the family looks on here. If so they can message me at luv2dad@optonline.net. I called Carnival, they cant help. I called the airport, they cant help. I feel so bad because this family has so may pictures and videos from their vacation If it's a major US airport, there has to be an associated city, county or port authority police department station attached. That is the best place to turn in any lost/missing item found in an airport terminal since it is the first place any seasoned traveler will contact. Posting an e-mail contact on CC will reach a few (if any) passengers on that trip. It's something. But, there are more efficacious ways to search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted August 14, 2016 #13 Share Posted August 14, 2016 people should put an address label on all of their Flash drives & SD cards most people get the labels free in the mail ..a good use for them besides mail Most airports have a lost & found dept & people would probably check there before looking on CC :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisehappi Posted August 15, 2016 #14 Share Posted August 15, 2016 As another poster suggested, you should post this on the Carnival page, and if there are pictures of the ship, you should post it on that roll call. I would even go as far as posting a photo of the person(s) shown the most in the photos. Someone on the roll call may recognize them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie J. Posted August 15, 2016 #15 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Go to the roll call for this cruise and there. ask. Do you know what ship? You might have to ask on more then one ship. Just go on all sailing on that date. Good luck. A few years ago someone found a camera somewhere in SA. They managed to find the owner and returned it to them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorex Posted August 15, 2016 #16 Share Posted August 15, 2016 It is very nice of you to try to locate the owner of the flash drive. However, the last thing I would EVER do is plug in an unknown, randomly found flash drive into my computer. There could anything on there - viruses, malware, spyware, or software to take over control of your machine (and you would never know it), porn, who knows what. Count yourself lucky that it was just pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLH Arizona Posted August 15, 2016 #17 Share Posted August 15, 2016 If I were you, I would call Carnival's lost and found department and let them know what you have. Not everyone that cruises comes to this site, so you might have a better chance if Carnival's lost and found department is also in the loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlyerTalker Posted August 15, 2016 #18 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Let me see....first time OP. Hmmm. The conspiracy theorist in me is that someone might be testing a concept to see if people are gullible enough to put a randomly-found flash drive into their computer. And if anyone is aware of what's going on. Shorex really hit on the true message this thread should show. To all those who gave "helpful" tips about what to do with the flash drive post-insertion...did anyone think of what actually has happened? The OP introduced computer media, with the possibility of self-loaders onboard, into his computer, which was probably connected to the internet. Wonder why folks get spoofed emails with virus/spyware attached? Wonder why bot networks take over millions of computers? Simple rule. NEVER put computer media from an unknown/untrusted source into your computer. Unless you are fully sandboxed and air gapped. So...would YOU have put a random flash drive into your computer? Do you think of those things? Do you then wonder why your computer goes "bad"? Harry Callahan put it so suscinctly...."Do you feel lucky?" A word to the wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJane Posted December 4, 2017 #19 Share Posted December 4, 2017 So sad that the internet has made it less safe to be a Good Samaritan Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDawg Posted December 4, 2017 #20 Share Posted December 4, 2017 (edited) So sad that the internet has made it less safe to be a Good Samaritan Sent from my iPad using Forums Good Morning HurricaneJane. I agree it is too bad the the internet has made it less safe to be a Good Samaritan, but I have to ask this. How in the world did you ever come across this thread to resurrect? Were you searching for 'lost flash drives', or just 'flash dives', or 'it's tough being a good Samaritan'? Or was is something totally unrelated like ' do cruise lines play the TV show Flash' on-board, or 'is Adobe Flash dead' or 'Can I arrange a Flash Mob on my next cruise? :) Anyways, however this thread resurfaced, it is a good reminder for people to be computer/internet safe if they happen to find a flash drive of unknown origin and don't try that Flash Mob thing, it's passe'. Edited December 4, 2017 by DirtyDawg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare geoherb Posted December 4, 2017 #21 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Good Morning HurricaneJane. I agree it is too bad the the internet has made it less safe to be a Good Samaritan, but I have to ask this. How in the world did you ever come across this thread to resurrect? Once again, a zombie thread that gets resurrected after lying dormant for over a year. I wish Cruise Critic would automatically close threads after a certain period of no new responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic6318 Posted December 4, 2017 #22 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Hi It's not like it is hurting anybody, and it does allow somebody to look back for something think they remember seeing but can't remember the details. It does become funny when someone responds today without reading and understanding a post was initiated 10 yrs. ago for instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDawg Posted December 4, 2017 #23 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Once again, a zombie thread that gets resurrected after lying dormant for over a year. I wish Cruise Critic would automatically close threads after a certain period of no new responses. Kill Joy! Don't don't you want to hear the story of how this thread got resurrected? It could be more fascinating than a lost flash drive.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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