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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@vwestlife" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vwestlife</span></a></span> Yes they did, and I saw them <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/retail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retail</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ConradElectronic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConradElectronic</span></a> but they quickly flopped for two reasons:</p><p><code>1.</code> The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hinge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hinge</span></a> mechanism made them fiddly to insert into devices, as that design isn't up to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SD</span></a> spec which expects a ridgid body.</p><p><code>2.</code> They costed more than an equal-capacity &amp; speed card <em>plus</em> a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cardreader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cardreader</span></a>. </p><p><code>3.</code> Basically everyone who used <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SDcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDcard</span></a> already had a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CardReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CardReader</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrives</span></a> were also cheaper than these things.</p><p>The only person I knew that used one was someone who fiddled with an original <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a>|s a lot and they used it with a USB cable permanently plugged in so they can quickly access the files when the Pi is shut down.</p><ul><li>Once I showed them that they can also access files and transfer them via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> instead of having to setup <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Samba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Samba</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SMB</span></a> shares they ditched that.</li></ul>
Khurram Wadee ✅<p>My experience with <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/FlashDrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlashDrives</span></a> recently has been mixed. I have no problem in encrypting them with <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/LUKS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LUKS</span></a>, using <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/cryptsetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptsetup</span></a> or with formatting a partition with <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Btrfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Btrfs</span></a>, for instance, using <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/gparted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gparted</span></a> and doing other tinkering with <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gnome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/disks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disks</span></a>. But the problem has been with the actual drives themselves. The cheaper ones seem to have quite a few bad sectors, etc. and so they’re not really reliable for medium term storage.</p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/StorageDevices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StorageDevices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>How-To Geek: 6 USB Drive Uses You’re Missing Out On. “Most of us use USB drives for temporary file storage, but they can do much more. You can boot an operating system, store and encrypt passwords, automate critical data backups, and more. If you have a spare USB drive that you only use for storage, here are some other ways to make the most of it.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/01/how-to-geek-6-usb-drive-uses-youre-missing-out-on/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/01/how-to-geek-6-usb-drive-uses-youre-missing-out-on/</a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ioc.exchange/@azonenberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>azonenberg</span></a></span> I did.</p><p>In fact, I've seen <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flashdrives</span></a> in the form factor of a credit card including a real chipcard!</p>
SleepyCatten<p>Just noticed how the physical size of the memory sticks (aka USB flash drives) we have is inversely proportional to their storage capacity 🤭</p><p><a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/MemorySticks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MemorySticks</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/FlashDrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlashDrives</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe/teajaygrey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>teajaygrey</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://labyrinth.zone/users/halva" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>halva</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.bloodyno.se/users/lynn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lynn</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@deilann" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>deilann</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span></p><p>I remember <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SLIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SLIC</span></a> but sadly it never got traction.</p><ul><li>Needless to say <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a>/MIME nowadays has excellent support by clients for every relevant platform and there are various other options depending on the use case, threat model and scenario.</li></ul><p>I do gladly advice clients/employers directly...</p><ul><li>So far only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> have reached a level of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> that makes it basically impossible to shut them down even if (key) people working on it were to be arrested/forcibly disappeared/murdered (as had been the case!), with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a>-capable projects being close behind.</li></ul><p>For example, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Briar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Briar</span></a> as a <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/airgapped" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>airgapped</span></a>"</em> (or rather <em>'<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/offline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>offline</span></a>-capable'</em>) messenger may be the hottest thing if one needs to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chat</span></a> with someone stuck exactly in the middle of North Korea and out of reach for Chinese, Russian or South Korean phone networks, tho that still relies on the local <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SneakerNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SneakerNet</span></a> (or rather <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TrampingNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrampingNet</span></a>) to facilitate the transfer, which is rather common given the fact that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrives</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/microSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microSD</span></a> cards are smuggled there en masse...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@HoustonDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>HoustonDog</span></a></span> and yes, I remember <a href="https://mastodon.world/@HoustonDog/113457150519905546" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">those</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WinPE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WinPE</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacks</span></a> with <code>rramdisk.sys</code> to make <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> run from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAMdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAMdisk</span></a>. </p><ul><li>In fact, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> literally does that when booting by loading itself into <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAM</span></a>...<br></li></ul><p>The idea of using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ROM</span></a> chips is to have something long-lasting that is designed to be read-only without mechanical parts and not trivial to fiddle with compared to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrives</span></a>.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@geraldew" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geraldew</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flashdrives</span></a> having often no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WearLeveling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WearLeveling</span></a> is why they are cheap.</p><ul><li>As for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PortableComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PortableComputing</span></a> I recommend from experience to use a M.2 or 2,5" SSD in an external case (the M.2 will likely just be like a <em>chonky</em> flashdrive) instead, as they have better and more consistent performace and can handle a lot and randomized I/O way better.</li></ul><p>In fact, I se that all the time...</p>
AlexHernandez :verified:<p>Newly announced Samsung flash drives are now available for purchase</p><p>Samsung has been one of the biggest producers of flash drives, and the company announced some new models that are now available to purchase.</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Samsung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Samsung</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrives</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/technews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technews</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techaeris.com/2024/08/06/newly-samsung-flash-drives-available/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techaeris.com/2024/08/06/newly</span><span class="invisible">-samsung-flash-drives-available/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Also it's not as if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Flashdrives</span></a> are expensive...</p><ul><li>Even a reputable brand is cheap if one doesn't need speed or capacity...</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B000WE7XJU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">4GB for €2,57</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0011UD7BW" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">8GB for €3,09</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.amazon.de/dp/B001G4QKCG" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">16GB for €3,59</a> and those are like retail prices and not buying a 100-pack in bulk...</p><ul><li>OFC don't buy cheap <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sticks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sticks</span></a> in bulk, because if you buy cheap no-name crap you get often 10+ year old counterfeilt garbage that doesn't even work half the time new out of the box.</li></ul><p>Ask me how I know...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://equestria.social/@SweetAIBelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SweetAIBelle</span></a></span> Needless to say I'm convinced I can just boot <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> from either a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Floppy</span></a>(-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Emulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emulator</span></a> via USB Adaptor) or regular <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a> using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ventoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ventoy</span></a>, as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISOLINUX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISOLINUX</span></a> distro...</p><ul><li>I've been using that for a while to do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/multiboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>multiboot</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrives</span></a> to replace <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YUMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YUMI</span></a> and not rely on the expensive <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IODD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IODD</span></a> hard drive / SSD cases...</li></ul><p>I'll test it out today...</p><p>Luckily I have some <em>"bare metal"</em> to test against:</p><ul><li>Sony Vaio P11Z (Atom Z520 / i586 &amp; sse3_atom)</li><li>hp t530 (AMD GX-212 / i686, amd64 &amp; sse4.1 )</li><li>Zotac IONITX A-E (Atom 330 / i586, amd64 &amp; sse3_atom)</li></ul><p>Sadly I don't have much more <em>"lower end"</em> or <em>"legacy"</em> systems as a significant collection of mine got stolen from storage years ago and I don't have the money flying around to build <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@rasteri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rasteri</span></a></span> 's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wee86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wee86</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeeCee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeeCee</span></a>... I was thinking about getting one of those <a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/355711031944" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Dell Wyse 3040</a> which AFAIK come with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cursed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cursed</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/32bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>32bit</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UEFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UEFI</span></a>...</p><p>Sadly <em>"Potato-level"</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Netbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netbooks</span></a> running <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VIA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/C7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C7</span></a> chips are nowadays <a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/155839748312" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">rare and absurdly expensive</a> and targeting those would be good as they already get too slow for mainstream 32bit distros like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BunsenLabsLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BunsenLabsLinux</span></a> so repurposing those as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a> testing machines and target hardware may be a good option...<br>Tho just clocking down a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinClient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinClient</span></a> with <a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/256062157608" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">VIA Eden</a>would be sufficient to test out. </p><p>One of the machines that stolen from me was a <a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/196350618995" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Futro S300</a> with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Transmeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transmeta</span></a> CPU that I originally intended to use as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows95</span></a> box...</p><ul><li>Like with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ROMs</span></a> I've to likely do custom .config files to target such hardware and stay within the 1440kB size Limit for or the <em>"CORE Edition"</em>...</li></ul>
Naty<p>Recently added quite a few finger-sized gadgets! <br />- Kingston DataTraveler Exodia 64GB<br />- Orico USB-C female to USB-A male<br />- PortaPow Data Blocker Pure - Prevents juice jacking<br />- Sandisk Ultra Luxe 64GB <br />- Kingston Ironkey Locker+ 50 32GB<br />- Yubico Security Key USB C NFC</p><p>Really happy with the performance of each product so far.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/usbflashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>usbflashdrive</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/KingstonIronkeyLocker50" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KingstonIronkeyLocker50</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/IronKey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IronKey</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/yubico" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>yubico</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/yubikeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>yubikeys</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Orico" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Orico</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/portapow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>portapow</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/juicejacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>juicejacking</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sandisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sandisk</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>flashdrives</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/securitykeys" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>securitykeys</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/datablocker" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>datablocker</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/usbcondom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>usbcondom</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/newtoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>newtoys</span></a></p>
Naty<p>New gear day! Bought two USB flash drives for backup and bootable drives and a new 2.5&quot; Samsung 870 EVO 500GB (finally) for the HP Mini 210-1100! The current drive is failing, fsck couldn&#39;t fix it and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/antixlinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>antixlinux</span></a> failed to boot. Can&#39;t wait to install it again. And if, for whatever reason, the HP Mini doesn&#39;t fulfill my requirements, I believe the drive will also work for my 2007 Macbook Pro which could be fun! <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/oldtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>oldtech</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/870Evo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>870Evo</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ssd" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ssd</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hpmini210" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hpmini210</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>flashdrives</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DataTraveler" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DataTraveler</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sandisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sandisk</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/samsung" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>samsung</span></a></p>
sdolan<p>If <a href="https://macaw.social/tags/usbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usbc</span></a> is supposed to be the future, why is it still so hard to find any usb-c <a href="https://macaw.social/tags/flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrives</span></a>?</p>
Adam ♿<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LazyWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LazyWeb</span></a>, what are the best <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrives</span></a> at the moment (32GB+, 40MB+ sustained write). SanDisk have been really hit and miss, and as for Toshiba and Kingston, I don't think it should be legal to call it "USB3" while not meeting USB2 speeds.</p><p>Looking to spend about $50AUD per drive.</p><p>I've moved to USB NVMe enclosures for anything I'm really impatient about, but I still need a couple of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> rescue drives around and probably a Windows installer too.</p>
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