Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought

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• Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Reminds me of the time when I bought a stack of microSD cards and readers from alibaba. About half of the cards and readers were dead on arrival, and the remaining ones died within a few years.

  Now I’ve learned my lesson. This is what happens a company outsources quality control to the customer.

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  • VelociCatTurd@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had a less technical savvy coworker putting together a raspi for something, emulation I think. And he was notoriously cheap, he told me he got a micro SD from China for a suspiciously low price.

    Well during this endeavor, he would keep asking me about random errors he was seeing. And I kept saying bro it is that cheap SD card you bought. He wouldn’t hear it.

    Eventually, he tried out another SD card and sure enough, no more weird errors.

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    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Power sources is another one. The errors caused by a slightly broken PSU can be really mysterious.

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  • smotherlove@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The rough part is that quality products are now hard to come by even when you’re willing to spend more.

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    • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Absolutely, the companies are just so big the choice is so small so they can all be shit

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• KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee ⁨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)

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  • swab148@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They used that trick in Mr. Robot, so I’m pretty sure it’s legit. As long as not too many people know about it 🤫

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    • Ultragramps@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ‘Tappity tappity tap’ “I’ve got total control. It’s all yours.”

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  • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨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.

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• rem26_art@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨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

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  • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

    What year was the event, 2005?

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    • rem26_art@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      lol no it was in 2016. I was shocked too

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• Septimaeus@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh dope, infinitely upgradable memory

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• livus@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Bwa ha ha ha this is like a real version of the condom hair ties thing.

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