#flashdrives — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #flashdrives, aggregated by home.social.
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MakeUseOf: This free app turns any USB into a PC security key. “Personally, I prefer using a YubiKey security key to secure my login accounts. However, if you don’t want to splurge on a dedicated hardware key, you can turn your humble USB flash drive into a security key using USB Raptor.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/19/makeuseof-this-free-app-turns-any-usb-into-a-pc-security-key/
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MakeUseOf: How a $10 USB stick made me disappear from the web. “Imagine an operating system that runs entirely from your USB drive and leaves no trace behind when disconnected. Whether you’re trying to be cautious when using public Wi-Fi or doing sensitive research, Tails offers a disposable operating system on a USB to turn any sketchy PC into a private one.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/15/makeuseof-how-a-10-usb-stick-made-me-disappear-from-the-web/
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MakeUseOf: This free and open-source tool made my USB drives way more useful. “I went tool hunting and found Ventoy. This open-source app installs once, and then you can add as many disk images (ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files) as you want to the drive without needing to reformat. You can also include all your portable diagnostic apps and continue to use the USB as a storage device.”
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My experience with #FlashDrives recently has been mixed. I have no problem in encrypting them with #LUKS, using #cryptsetup or with formatting a partition with #Btrfs, for instance, using #gparted and doing other tinkering with #Gnome #disks. But the problem has been with the actual drives themselves. The cheaper ones seem to have quite a few bad sectors, etc. and so they’re not really reliable for medium term storage.
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My experience with #FlashDrives recently has been mixed. I have no problem in encrypting them with #LUKS, using #cryptsetup or with formatting a partition with #Btrfs, for instance, using #gparted and doing other tinkering with #Gnome #disks. But the problem has been with the actual drives themselves. The cheaper ones seem to have quite a few bad sectors, etc. and so they’re not really reliable for medium term storage.
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My experience with #FlashDrives recently has been mixed. I have no problem in encrypting them with #LUKS, using #cryptsetup or with formatting a partition with #Btrfs, for instance, using #gparted and doing other tinkering with #Gnome #disks. But the problem has been with the actual drives themselves. The cheaper ones seem to have quite a few bad sectors, etc. and so they’re not really reliable for medium term storage.
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My experience with #FlashDrives recently has been mixed. I have no problem in encrypting them with #LUKS, using #cryptsetup or with formatting a partition with #Btrfs, for instance, using #gparted and doing other tinkering with #Gnome #disks. But the problem has been with the actual drives themselves. The cheaper ones seem to have quite a few bad sectors, etc. and so they’re not really reliable for medium term storage.
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My experience with #FlashDrives recently has been mixed. I have no problem in encrypting them with #LUKS, using #cryptsetup or with formatting a partition with #Btrfs, for instance, using #gparted and doing other tinkering with #Gnome #disks. But the problem has been with the actual drives themselves. The cheaper ones seem to have quite a few bad sectors, etc. and so they’re not really reliable for medium term storage.
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How-To Geek: 6 USB Drive Uses You’re Missing Out On. “Most of us use USB drives for temporary file storage, but they can do much more. You can boot an operating system, store and encrypt passwords, automate critical data backups, and more. If you have a spare USB drive that you only use for storage, here are some other ways to make the most of it.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/01/how-to-geek-6-usb-drive-uses-youre-missing-out-on/
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Just noticed how the physical size of the memory sticks (aka USB flash drives) we have is inversely proportional to their storage capacity 🤭
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Newly announced Samsung flash drives are now available for purchase
Samsung has been one of the biggest producers of flash drives, and the company announced some new models that are now available to purchase.
#Samsung #flashdrives #technews
https://techaeris.com/2024/08/06/newly-samsung-flash-drives-available/
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Recently added quite a few finger-sized gadgets!
- Kingston DataTraveler Exodia 64GB
- Orico USB-C female to USB-A male
- PortaPow Data Blocker Pure - Prevents juice jacking
- Sandisk Ultra Luxe 64GB
- Kingston Ironkey Locker+ 50 32GB
- Yubico Security Key USB C NFCReally happy with the performance of each product so far.
#usbflashdrive #KingstonIronkeyLocker50 #IronKey #yubico #yubikeys #Orico #portapow #juicejacking #sandisk #flashdrives #securitykeys #datablocker #usbcondom #newtoys
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New gear day! Bought two USB flash drives for backup and bootable drives and a new 2.5" Samsung 870 EVO 500GB (finally) for the HP Mini 210-1100! The current drive is failing, fsck couldn't fix it and #antixlinux failed to boot. Can't wait to install it again. And if, for whatever reason, the HP Mini doesn't fulfill my requirements, I believe the drive will also work for my 2007 Macbook Pro which could be fun! #oldtech #870Evo #ssd #hpmini210 #flashdrives #DataTraveler #sandisk #samsung
