Lee Duna 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-square82fedilinkarrow-up1501arrow-down14
arrow-up1497arrow-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 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-square@bfg9k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoDon’t buy no brand cheap crap from amazon
minus-square@Blackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoOr indeed anything from Amazon. Even if it’s branded there’s still a chance it’s a complete fake.
minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink2•edit-21 year agoIronically, these days, if you want to avoid fake crap Amazon is only good for books… (but it is still Amazon)
minus-square@Blackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI tried to get my niece a book from there for Christmas, and all they had were some ratty used copies. It’s genuinely amazing how far they’ve gone downhill.
minus-square@filcuk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agoI bought an m.2 drive enclosure. It’s bulky, but so damn fast. Plus it recycles old drives I’ve had lying around. Love it. bulky compared to standard flash drive, still quite portable
minus-squarelemmyvorelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoNot OP but get Orico, they make good stuff. Whatever enclosure you get, verify that it doesn’t have a jmicron chipset, they’re garbage.
What is a strategy against it?
Don’t buy no brand cheap crap from amazon
Or indeed anything from Amazon. Even if it’s branded there’s still a chance it’s a complete fake.
Ironically, these days, if you want to avoid fake crap Amazon is only good for books… (but it is still Amazon)
I tried to get my niece a book from there for Christmas, and all they had were some ratty used copies.
It’s genuinely amazing how far they’ve gone downhill.
I bought an m.2 drive enclosure. It’s bulky, but so damn fast. Plus it recycles old drives I’ve had lying around. Love it.
Link?
Not OP but get Orico, they make good stuff.
Whatever enclosure you get, verify that it doesn’t have a jmicron chipset, they’re garbage.