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usb_sticks [2019/08/24 06:09] – created neilusb_sticks [2019/08/24 06:11] – neil
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   * put on it only the file you need to transfer   * put on it only the file you need to transfer
   * transfer it to the other computer   * transfer it to the other computer
-  * use the other computer’s disk formatting utility to wipe the USB stick +  * if the file is sensitive, use the other computer’s disk formatting utility to do a secure wipe of the USB stick (so that, if you lose it before you can destroy it, it's harder to access the file which was on it 
-  * take the stick back and destroy it+  * take the stick back and destroy it physically: hit it with a hammer until you can see the memory chips on the circuit board, and then break those chips
  
 It’s not kind to the environment, but the price of small USB sticks makes them disposable. It’s not kind to the environment, but the price of small USB sticks makes them disposable.
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 Yes, it might suck to feel that you could be a good Samaritan and return someone’s vital information or backup of family photographs, but you have absolutely no idea as to what is on that memory stick, and there’s a chance, perhaps even a strong chance, that it might be an attack. Yes, it might suck to feel that you could be a good Samaritan and return someone’s vital information or backup of family photographs, but you have absolutely no idea as to what is on that memory stick, and there’s a chance, perhaps even a strong chance, that it might be an attack.
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