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More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't buying directly from SanDisk eliminate the risk of fakes?

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Directly from sandisk should be fine, but just want to point out that's not the same as sandisk on a marketplace such as Amazon. There's some arrangements where Amazon will combine bins of a same product and let oem lots mix with reseller lots. Sometimes knockoffs get mixed in to legit lots. Amazon can make exclusive bins for a price, of course

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 months ago

Perhaps. ~~But it seems the Chinese versions might be a bit cheaper.~~ (nevermind, it seems the prices are just higher with both now) Also I don't know about shipping to Slovakia.

Anyway, I just checked it. After visiting the website, they redirected me to European version. I searched for Ultra Shift, I got the result, clicked on it, 404: https://www.westerndigital.com/en-ie/products/usb-flash-drives/sandisk-ultra-shift-usb
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