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const_void@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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

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

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const_void@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Rejected chips, hidden microSD cards plague the USB stick market.
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    Anything similar for Linux?

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      I’d like to know as well, hopefully, I’ll get a notification for leaving this comment 😝

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      There’s F3. I’ve never used it but it looks decent. https://www.linuxbabe.com/command-line/f3-usb-capacity-fake-usb-test-linux

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      Yes, there is one called F3 (Fight Flash Fraud).

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      Just like cat something to it and then compare em.

      If you gotta have a program to run there’s f3. It writes a bunch of files to the stick then tries to read em back.

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