CHAPTER 9

You Versus USB

If you spied a thumb drive glistening with morning dew on the sun-drenched tarmac of your company’s parking lot, would you pick it up, buff it to a clean, crisp shine, and gently insert it into your computer’s universal serial bus (USB) port? Many people would do just that. Some out of curiosity to see what’s on the thumb drive; others sneaking an altruistic peek so that they can return the drive to its rightful owner.

Removable storage media are small, portable devices that can be connected to a computer or network, such as USB drives, CDs, and external hard drives. Universal serial bus drives, also known as USB drives or sticks, thumb drives, and flash drives—are rock-bottom cheap and super convenient for storing and ...

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