When the USB flash drive first appeared on the scene, it was
not that much persuasive as it is today. We can easily find USB flash drives
that have capacity of 8GB, 32GB or even 64GB, but, when this small portable
data storing devices debuted, it had the capacity to store only 8MB of data.
This capacity was respectable at that because the other portable data storing
devices like floppy disk or Compact Disk (CD) could save just 1.44MB of data.
Above, these drives could save data for just once; they could not get
overwritten or rewritten. As compared to those disks, USB flash drives had the
tendency to store more data than them and can easily be rewritten.
Nowadays, USB flash d rives
are being used even more than the orthodox hard drives. USB flash drives
provide us much feasibility, but, along with those facilities, USB drives
impose a great threat to our data. USB flash drives have made us trust the
technology more than it deserve, it has become our weakness. We just connect
the jump drive in, pull it out and plug it again. This irresponsible plugging
and pulling out corrupts your data. However, this is not the only drawback of
this portable data storing device. But,
the real threat that is linked with the USB flash drive is threat of spreading
malware and viruses.
More than quarter of the viruses are spread through these,
it has been proven by different surveys and researches conducted on this issue.
Another big problem of this small portable drive is that it is too much small
to take care of. Due to its small size, these drives are very much prone to
theft or getting misplaced. That is why using security software that can secure USB can protect your
data from getting breached. If you lose an unprotected USB flash drive, your
drive may spill out all the data saved in it which can be hazardous for you in
the future.
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