Intereting. I always though the SD card switch was hardware. If not, it was likely done as a backdoor to mobile devices which often use SD cards.
Intereting. I always though the SD card switch was hardware. If not, it was likely done as a backdoor to mobile devices which often use SD cards.
It is not the hardware of the SD card itself, but the hardware responsible for reading the SD card may or may not respect it, which is outside of the operating system's control.
It is not the hardware of the SD card itself, but the hardware responsible for reading the SD card may or may not *respect* it, which is outside of the operating system's control.
Yeah that's what I was going for. If it was a hardware killswitch on the SD card, then the device trying to read it wouldn't have a choice. But, as you mentioned, it's just a flag that the device can choose to ignore. Which seems really stupid imo.
Yeah that's what I was going for. If it was a hardware killswitch on the SD card, then the device trying to read it wouldn't have a choice. But, as you mentioned, it's just a flag that the device can choose to ignore. Which seems really stupid imo.
But if the device respects that switch, malware could not damage the SD card.
But if the device respects that switch, malware could not damage the SD card.
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