Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought
arstechnica.com
Rejected chips, hidden microSD cards plague the USB stick market.

Many have microSD cards soldered to their circuit boards.

  • rem26_art@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    i just had one of those free sticks that I got from an event die on me the other day. I should pry it open and see if it’s just a microSD card lmao. Didn’t lose anything of worth on it cuz it was only like 128MB

    • Dave@lemmy.nz
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      7 months ago

      Didn’t lose anything of worth on it cuz it was only like 128MB

      What year was the event, 2005?

  • KittenBiscuits@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Is no one else paranoid to put a free usb stick in their computer? I thought that was the classic social engineering hack.

    (full disclosure: I’m not in I.T. and my info might be older than the hills)

    • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Yes, it is still a thing to be concerned about. Perhaps the method of handing out free usbs is less common now. If there’s a drive lying around in public, don’t plug it in.

      A new name brand 64gb usb costs around $10. The free ones are usually 2 to 8gb and a probably a 50¢ micro SD card. Free usbs go in trash.