Danger in disguise: When that ultra cheap high-capacity thumb drive seems too good to be true


That ultra cheap high capacity thumb drive is probably not the great deal you think it is. — Photo by Barry A on Unsplash

Spotted an incredible deal on a high-capacity thumb drive on a trusted e-commerce ­website?

What seems like an impossibly fantastic steal can quickly turn into yet another case of something being “too good to be true” when the device winds up being nothing more than a cleverly ­disguised fake – especially when files go missing due to corrupted data.

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