Fake USB Flash Drives: How to Test and “Fix” with f3fix

Fake flash drives (USB, SD cards etc.) are aplenty.

Find out how to check if the flash drive you bought is too good to be true.

We'll use the f3probe tool to detect the actual usable capacity of the flash drive, then "fix" it with the f3fix tool.

We'll touch on why it's security risk to plug untrusted USB devices into your computer.

Finally, we'll talk about a few legitimate storage products to suit different needs.

Further Reading:
f3 (Fight Flash Fraud): https://fight-flash-fraud.readthedocs...
How to “fix” a fake drive with f3fix: https://fight-flash-fraud.readthedocs...
BadUSB Attack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BadUSB

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:30 The Device
1:13 The Sandbox
1:25 Testing Flash Capacity
3:02 Partition "Fix"
3:41 Security Considerations
4:10 Conclusions

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