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Beware fake flash drives
07 March 2006
Posted by Sean McManus
We've come across this report on counterfeit Sony USB keys (PDF). The report, from the secretary of the Seoul Computer Club, claims that Chinese manufacturers are relabelling 64MB USB keys as 8GB drives and selling them on. They're said to be using software that makes Windows believe the drive capacity is 8GB, but the report says the keys are damaged if an attempt is made to load that much data on them. The report looks pretty thorough, although we can't vouch for its accuracy. For now, you might want to strike USB keys off your Ebay shopping list.
# posted by Sean McManus at 9:47 AM 
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