Re: Note to self: USB sticks
Used to be there were USB drives with Real Switches (TM) which would block the write enable lines to the flash. Safe to plug into biohazard IV environments.
Most are gone now, and many remaining wannabes have Fake Switches (TM) which are only software constructs behind the physical switch, and one can't trust those. Indeed, you can't even trust a Real Switch (TM) manufacturer not to change the device to Fake Switch without telling anyone.
It would be adequate to have a reliable way to zeroize the USB stick, but then you'd have to trust some software to accurately zeroize an infected stick (the software would run off of bootable CD of course in a machine with no HD).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
