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I just had to cringe...
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:02 pm
by Nik_SpeakerToCats
AliEx e-mail me offers from time to time.
This one made me cringe...
A 16 TB USB 3.0 thumb-drive for £_15 ( ~$_20) ??
"You cannot be serious !!!!!!"
I'm almost tempted to buy a pair, find out how many few MegaBytes they really hold...
Re: I just had to cringe...
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:11 pm
by Micael
Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:02 pm
AliEx e-mail me offers from time to time.
This one made me cringe...
A 16 TB USB 3.0 thumb-drive for £_15 ( ~$_20) ??
"You cannot be serious !!!!!!"
I'm almost tempted to buy a pair, find out how
many few MegaBytes they really hold...
I’ve seen some videos and such on youtube a while back investigating items like this from the Chinese sellers. IIRC they in actuality had a lot less storage space than advertised, but were usually tweaked to display the advertised amount when hooked up to a computer. More deep diving technical tactics required to find out the truth. Same thing with computer graphics cards, older/cheaper Geforce ones claiming to be something a lot more potent.
Re: I just had to cringe...
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 6:52 pm
by Nightwatch2
Micael wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:11 pm
Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:02 pm
AliEx e-mail me offers from time to time.
This one made me cringe...
A 16 TB USB 3.0 thumb-drive for £_15 ( ~$_20) ??
"You cannot be serious !!!!!!"
I'm almost tempted to buy a pair, find out how
many few MegaBytes they really hold...
I’ve seen some videos and such on youtube a while back investigating items like this from the Chinese sellers. IIRC they in actuality had a lot less storage space than advertised, but were usually tweaked to display the advertised amount when hooked up to a computer. More deep diving technical tactics required to find out the truth. Same thing with computer graphics cards, older/cheaper Geforce ones claiming to be something a lot more potent.
Not to mention the installed malware on Chinese products
Re: I just had to cringe...
Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 8:24 pm
by Micael
Nightwatch2 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 6:52 pm
Micael wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:11 pm
Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:02 pm
AliEx e-mail me offers from time to time.
This one made me cringe...
A 16 TB USB 3.0 thumb-drive for £_15 ( ~$_20) ??
"You cannot be serious !!!!!!"
I'm almost tempted to buy a pair, find out how
many few MegaBytes they really hold...
I’ve seen some videos and such on youtube a while back investigating items like this from the Chinese sellers. IIRC they in actuality had a lot less storage space than advertised, but were usually tweaked to display the advertised amount when hooked up to a computer. More deep diving technical tactics required to find out the truth. Same thing with computer graphics cards, older/cheaper Geforce ones claiming to be something a lot more potent.
Not to mention the installed malware on Chinese products
Oh yes, that’s common too. Lots of reasons to be very careful with this stuff.