Comment on More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices

Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nah, this is just garden variety chinesium product fraud. Unfortunately, you can make a bit of coin putting out drives that misreport the physical space available, especially if it takes a while for the purchasers to notice what they actually bought. It’s even worse when you’re looking into getting bulk orders for swag drives. Because those tend to be a race to the bottom for prices, and it’s all but guaranteed to be a good while before the drives get a real test, so it’s that much easier to get away with. And worst case, you get caught and have to make up a new white label company to sell the same trash to consumers.

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• dopeshark@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Tim Cooks approves

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  • ArtVandelay@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Tim Apple, you mean

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