Teardown of cheap USB drives shows storage capacity faked via microSD card
A USB flash drive was found to contain a microSD card in lieu of a memory chip. (Photo by Taro Yokosawa)TORU TSUNASHIMA and TATSUYA SUDOJuly 10, 2026 03:35 JSTTOKYO -- An examination of underpriced USB flash drives purchased by Nikkei from e-commerce platforms found that half had
A USB flash drive was found to contain a microSD card in lieu of a memory chip. (Photo by Taro Yokosawa)TORU TSUNASHIMA and TATSUYA SUDOJuly 10, 2026 03:35 JSTTOKYO -- An examination of underpriced USB flash drives purchased by Nikkei from e-commerce platforms found that half had less storage capacity than advertised, all of which were made in China. TOKYO -- An examination of underpriced USB flash drives purchased by Nikkei from e-commerce platforms found that half had less storage capacity than advertised, all of which were made in China.
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