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Martin Guay 👨‍💻🌈🎮📱🍁<p>🚀 Need a flash drive that’s both fast and durable? Check out the PNY PRO Elite V3! With SSD-level performance and a rugged design, it’s perfect for all your storage needs. Read our full review here: <a href="https://www.cryovex.com/pny-pro-elite-v3-review-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cryovex.com/pny-pro-elite-v3-r</span><span class="invisible">eview-2025/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TechTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechTalk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/FlashDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/StorageSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StorageSolutions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/TechReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechReview</span></a></p>
RetroTechy<p>Air cooled my flash drive to get ultra fast performance out of it 🤣</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a><br><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/aircooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aircooling</span></a><br><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/heatsinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heatsinks</span></a><br><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a><br><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/modding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modding</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@ginaintheburg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ginaintheburg</span></a></span> Are you shure you don't conflate <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a>, which is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> &amp; Tor <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> setup and ready to use.</p><ul><li>OFC there had been some <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PortableApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortableApps</span></a>"</em> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/portable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portable</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> installations.that can be put.on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a>, but usually that's not how the stanalone <a href="https://www.torproject.org/download/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tor Browser</a> is being used.</li></ul><p>Confusingly Tails has been absorbed by the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorProject</span></a> but that's a different story...</p><ul><li>That being said for the few <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Websites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Websites</span></a> that <em>explicitly.choose to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BlockTor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlockTor</span></a></em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> is still the way to go.</li></ul><p>As for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a>, maybe the combination of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HeadMountedDisplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeadMountedDisplay</span></a> &amp; wireless Keyboard + Mouse combo offers you the desired flexibility...</p><ul><li>Not to mention Tor Browser is available on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@fdroidorg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fdroidorg</span></a></span> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GooglePlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GooglePlay</span></a> as well as <a href="https://www.torproject.org/download/#android" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">directly from Tor Project as a Download</a>...</li></ul>
n8chz 🩎<p>Is it true that writing a bootable image to a flash drive is a "write once" operation and you can forget about reusing the drive for another bootable image?</p><p><a href="https://queer.party/tags/FlashDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashDrive</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/fdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fdisk</span></a> <a href="https://queer.party/tags/gparted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gparted</span></a></p>
Graham Perrin<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nixCraft</span></a></span> nearly all suitably encrypted. No FDE. </p><p>OpenZFS encryption for: </p><p>* the sensitive part of a mobile hard disk drive</p><p>* three low-spec USB memory sticks that add around 145 GiB persistent removable L2ARC to a circa 2014 HP ZBook with 32 G memory and a ~1 TB internal HDD.</p><p>GELI for 16 G swap.</p><p>GELI for 915 G /</p><p>tmpfs for /tmp/</p><p>&lt;<a href="https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/10256" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/</span><span class="invisible">10256</span></a>&gt;</p><p>「… blocks in the L2ARC have the exact same on-disk representation as they do in the main pool. …」</p><p>geli(8) &lt;<a href="https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=geli&amp;sektion=8&amp;manpath=freebsd-release" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?qu</span><span class="invisible">ery=geli&amp;sektion=8&amp;manpath=freebsd-release</span></a>&gt; – automatically configured when FreeBSD was installed.</p><p>tmpfs(4) &lt;<a href="https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tmpfs&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=freebsd-current" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?qu</span><span class="invisible">ery=tmpfs&amp;sektion=4&amp;manpath=freebsd-current</span></a>&gt; (FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/L2ARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>L2ARC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZFS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OpenZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenZFS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/memorystick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memorystick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/flash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/GELI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GELI</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@JessTheUnstill" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JessTheUnstill</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://norden.social/@hikhvar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hikhvar</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hessen.social/@wtremmel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wtremmel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>benjojo</span></a></span> agreed. Not to mention even if a stick is inna transparent casing like an <em>"Intenso Rainbow Line"</em> nothing prevebts one from just making a custom PCB with a ATmega based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BadUSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadUSB</span></a> integrated onboard...</p><ul><li>Personally I wished for something like a <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NeoFloppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoFloppy</span></a>"</em> aka. standardized portable <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SATA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SATA</span></a> connection that would provide the convenience of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a> with the safety of a <em>"more secure interface"</em> than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a>...</li></ul><p><a href="https://github.com/KBtechnologies/NeoFloppy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/KBtechnologies/NeoF</span><span class="invisible">loppy</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://equestria.social/@SweetAIBelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SweetAIBelle</span></a></span> Needless to say I'm convinced I can just boot <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> from either a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Floppy</span></a>(-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Emulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emulator</span></a> via USB Adaptor) or regular <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a> using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ventoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ventoy</span></a>, as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISOLINUX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISOLINUX</span></a> distro...</p><ul><li>I've been using that for a while to do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/multiboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>multiboot</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/flashdrives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrives</span></a> to replace <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/YUMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YUMI</span></a> and not rely on the expensive <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IODD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IODD</span></a> hard drive / SSD cases...</li></ul><p>I'll test it out today...</p><p>Luckily I have some <em>"bare metal"</em> to test against:</p><ul><li>Sony Vaio P11Z (Atom Z520 / i586 &amp; sse3_atom)</li><li>hp t530 (AMD GX-212 / i686, amd64 &amp; sse4.1 )</li><li>Zotac IONITX A-E (Atom 330 / i586, amd64 &amp; sse3_atom)</li></ul><p>Sadly I don't have much more <em>"lower end"</em> or <em>"legacy"</em> systems as a significant collection of mine got stolen from storage years ago and I don't have the money flying around to build <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@rasteri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rasteri</span></a></span> 's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wee86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wee86</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeeCee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeeCee</span></a>... I was thinking about getting one of those <a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/355711031944" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dell Wyse 3040</a> which AFAIK come with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cursed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cursed</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/32bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>32bit</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UEFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UEFI</span></a>...</p><p>Sadly <em>"Potato-level"</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Netbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netbooks</span></a> running <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VIA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/C7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C7</span></a> chips are nowadays <a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/155839748312" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rare and absurdly expensive</a> and targeting those would be good as they already get too slow for mainstream 32bit distros like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BunsenLabsLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BunsenLabsLinux</span></a> so repurposing those as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a> testing machines and target hardware may be a good option...<br>Tho just clocking down a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinClient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinClient</span></a> with <a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/256062157608" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">VIA Eden</a>would be sufficient to test out. </p><p>One of the machines that stolen from me was a <a href="https://www.ebay.de/itm/196350618995" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Futro S300</a> with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Transmeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transmeta</span></a> CPU that I originally intended to use as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows95</span></a> box...</p><ul><li>Like with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ROMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ROMs</span></a> I've to likely do custom .config files to target such hardware and stay within the 1440kB size Limit for or the <em>"CORE Edition"</em>...</li></ul>
Tom :damnified:<p>Samsung Bar Plus 256 GB Stick vs. Kingston DataTraveler SE9 512 GB.</p><p>Beide sind relativ schnell, schlüsselbundtauglich und haben ein Gehäuse aus Metall (ohne Deckel). </p><p>Der Samsung kommt an meinen Schlüsselbund wegen der höheren Leserate. Der andere an den TV. </p><p>cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@earthling42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>earthling42</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/usbStick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usbStick</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/flashDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashDrive</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/usb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usb</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/samsung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>samsung</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/kingston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kingston</span></a></p>
Simon Zerafa<p>If you need to test your USB media to ensure you have genuine reliable storage and the capacity advertised then this free tool will help:</p><p><a href="https://www.grc.com/validrive.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">grc.com/validrive.htm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Not all USB flash drives actually have the capacity they advertise, particularly if they are inexpensive or with inflated capacities 😟🤷‍♂️</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FlashDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashDrive</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Fake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fake</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ValiiDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ValiiDrive</span></a></p>
Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ES<p>I love it when Debian tells me that "all filesystem operations have been completed" on my flash drive.</p><p>But when I want to eject it I get "Writing data to [device]. Device should not be unplugged."</p><p>(I'm paraphrasing above.)</p><p><a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/Debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debian</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/filesystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filesystem</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/FlashDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a></p>
Shantell Powell<p>Here’s how I know which flash drive is mine. <a href="https://c.im/tags/FlashDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlashDrive</span></a></p>
Art<p>You Know I Keep That THANG On Me!</p><p><a href="https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/43bf87ee-d288-4c08-b4c7-3c02fbf3df0d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tilvids.com/videos/watch/43bf8</span><span class="invisible">7ee-d288-4c08-b4c7-3c02fbf3df0d</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> Worse of all: The way I want to deploy <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> is by shoving the latest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISO</span></a> on a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flashdrive</span></a> that runs <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ventoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ventoy</span></a> [<a href="https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ventoy.net/en/index.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>] and puts the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PersistentStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersistentStorage</span></a> on a seperate Partition on the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flashdrive</span></a>. </p><p>This is done so that updating Tails is fast and painless and doesn't exert higher levels of wear and tear on flash memory as well as allow for flexible choice of media sizes.</p><p>Worse: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> refuses to mount <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PersistentStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersistentStorage</span></a> from a secondary Drive instead.</p>
Graham Cluley<p>Danger USB! Journalists sent exploding flash drives.</p><p>Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog: <a href="https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/danger-usb-journalists-sent-exploding-flash-drives/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsec</span><span class="invisible">urity/danger-usb-journalists-sent-exploding-flash-drives/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ecuador</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/usbdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>usbdrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>flashdrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/usbstick" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>usbstick</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Ecuadorian TV presenter wounded by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bomb</span></a> disguised as <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USB</span></a> stick<br>In <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecuador</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a> Lenin Artieda opened an envelope he received in the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/newsroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newsroom</span></a> of Ecuavisa TV. Inside was a USB <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a>. But when he inserted the device into his laptop, it exploded. Fortunately, Artieda only suffered minor injuries. <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/21/ecuador-journalist-usb-bomb-ecuavisa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2023/mar</span><span class="invisible">/21/ecuador-journalist-usb-bomb-ecuavisa</span></a></p>
pejacoby<p>Time to simplify and size down offsite backups. What's the best bang-for-the-buck in 1TB flash-drives these days? Something with USB-C and USB-A connectors would be nice, but not a requirement. Always leery of the $29 units on Amazon, but also don't want to spend $200 if I don't have to.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/backupYourData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backupYourData</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/backup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backup</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/flashdrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flashdrive</span></a></p>