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 when a company outsources quality control to the customer.
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.
Power sources is another one. The errors caused by a slightly broken PSU can be really mysterious.
The rough part is that quality products are now hard to come by even when you're willing to spend more.
Absolutely, the companies are just so big the choice is so small so they can all be shit
I put the blame more on retailers for failing to assure the quality and authenticity of what they sell. You pay for one thing and get another.
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)
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 🤫
Tappity tappity tap “I’ve got total control. It’s all yours.”
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.
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
Didn’t lose anything of worth on it cuz it was only like 128MB
What year was the event, 2005?
lol no it was in 2016. I was shocked too
Sounds like an SD card, did they make any drives less than 2gb back in 2016?
Oh dope, infinitely upgradable memory
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