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This USB flash drive can only store 8KB of data, but will last you 200 years (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This can be rewritten many, many, many times.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

What’s the practical benefit of that? If the point is long-term storage, rewriting isn’t a priority (or possibly even a need). And this isn’t designed for capacity.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

It's so I can exchange fart jokes with my great great great great grandson via a magic USB port a la The Notebook, assuming that's how it works, idk, never actually seen the movie.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I usually update my backups with new TOTP or other cryptographic keys every few months. Sometimes every few days (when I generate new keys).