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Would you use an SD card that arrived with no packaging?


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So I bought an SD card off Amazon the other day since I needed one and it was a good deal.

It wasn't a major store or other Amazon fulfilling the order, it was some little place or an individual.

So it arrives the other day and is just naked in an envelope, no sealed package or anything.

 

I'm concerned about malware/spyware/trojans and I am wondering if it is safe to use. I can do a wipe on a PC I don't care about after doing a secure wipe/format on the card. Does anyone see any obvious flaws/holes in my approach? I don't think anything can survive a secure erase, as far as I know there is no hidden storage on an SD card, am I'm probably just being paranoid.

 

 

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Not sure, I'd have to look. I can return it, but then I have to wait another 2-3 days for a card to arrive or just go to Best Buy or Radio Shack and pay double for a packaged card that I know is safe. I think I paid mayb $12 for a 32gb card.

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If you received an SD card without ordering one I'd be suspicious but because you ordered one and there is little reason to suspect this isn't the one you ordered... the odds are in your favor. I'd say to do your due diligence in wiping it clean and press on.

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I don't think so, but I'm going to do a secure wipe on it just to be safe, in a non-windows OS, on system I don't particularly care about. And yes, I did order it. I would be a bit suspcious if it just came out of nowhere unbidden. :)

Just seems odd that it wouldn't have any packaging, ususally they come on a blister pack, not loose.

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It was probably just a bulk oem item, often those types of items are imprinted with company names or used in the corp environment. Some of my customers purchase them with custom presentations on them for their clients.

 

Just erase it. Chances of a trojan getting in with anti virus real time scan on is unlikely. Play it safe and turn off any autoplay options.

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