From: spamtrap42@jacob21819.net   
      
   On 2012-12-19, Adam  wrote:   
   > TJ wrote:   
   >> On 12/17/2012 06:45 PM, Adam wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> the epidemic of "fake   
   >>> flash" out there -- flash drives that misleadingly report a capacity of   
   >>> 4G or 16G or whatever, but actually contain much less RAM.   
   >   
   > One huge problem is that most people don't realize their flash drive is   
   > fake, and assume that any data they've written to it is actually stored   
   > there.  This includes medical info and other literally critical data.   
      
   There's a solution to the fake flash problem, if people would go   
   to the trouble.   
      
   A couple of years ago, I bought four flash drives, labeled 4GB   
   IIRC, with a maker other than Kingston.  The main requirement for   
   these was a physical write-protect switch.  The first thing I did   
   was create a file almost 4GB in size of semi-random data on hard   
   disk.  Then, I copied that file to each flash drive and then   
   attempted to verify it.  None of the flash drives lost more than   
   about 10% of the data, but about half of them failed the test.   
   The retailer sent me a couple of replacements, and about half of   
   them also failed the test.  I doubt I'll buy hardware by that   
   name again.   
      
   If it matters, verify it!   
      
   --   
   Robert Riches   
   spamtrap42@jacob21819.net   
   (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)   
      
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