While not as grandiose as having your own secret bookshelf door, constructing a hidden USB data stash won’t take a whole weekend and involve a table saw. At the DIY website Instructables there is a step by step tutorial on hiding your data behind a phone jack plate. By wiring a USB cord to the phone plate and making a USB cord with a phone jack terminal at one end, you’ll be able to access your secret data stash.

Hidden USB Storage (.PDF)

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