On Wednesday 04 June 2014, Ron Frazier (TECHC) wrote: > The physical problem is that, while the switch does work, it is NOT very > resistant to being moved. It is also badly positioned. When you put > the memory stick into your pc, you should grab the device with your > fingers across the FAT sides of the device, rather than the narrow > sides. If you're grabbing the narrow sides while inserting the device > into the pc, which you would naturally do, and if your fingers slide > toward the pc AT ALL, you WILL unlock the device, negating the one > advantage of owning the thing in the first place. In that case, a virus > could easily infect your memory stick with all your AV tools.
Did not realize how scarce locks had become on these. Only my oldest (128 MB) has a lock. Just as badly positioned and labeled as your new one. -- William _______________________________________________ tech-chat mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxmoose.com/mailman/listinfo/tech-chat
