Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMore and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many deviceswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1470arrow-down13
arrow-up1467arrow-down1external-linkMore and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many deviceswww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squarehushable@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·1 year agoSanDisk has an entire line of USB C thumb drives, they are my to-go choice
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·edit-21 year agoSandisk is also still selling their portable ssds that are failing at an alarming rate and wiping peoples data. Dont worry though, because after slashing their price globally to sell the defective models fast, they released a firmware update for one of them and not the others.
minus-squarehushable@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoI had no idea about this, thanks for sharing
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoSamsung has ones that are dual side, so both USB-A and -C. Really helpful for moving files between phone and PC while still having backup storage.
minus-squareAlexWIWA@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI should read replies before I comment. I said the same thing. Great little drive
SanDisk has an entire line of USB C thumb drives, they are my to-go choice
Sandisk is also still selling their portable ssds that are failing at an alarming rate and wiping peoples data.
Dont worry though, because after slashing their price globally to sell the defective models fast, they released a firmware update for one of them and not the others.
I had no idea about this, thanks for sharing
Samsung has ones that are dual side, so both USB-A and -C. Really helpful for moving files between phone and PC while still having backup storage.
Yes, they are great.
I should read replies before I comment. I said the same thing. Great little drive