Did my apartment's electronic key fob fry my flash drive?
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Mar 15, 20261891 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I had a great thumb drive on my keychain (a LaCie iAmAKey), right next to the electronic key fob I use to beep myself into my apartment. Recently it's given up the ghost, refusing to be recognized on any system. It can't be read or re-initialized, and all signs point to some kind of physical damage…
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I think it unlikely that the transmitted power from an active fob would be sufficient to fry the Flash memory otherwise flash could be damaged by other units operating at similar frequencies (car fobs, garage door and gate actuators etc) and there'd…
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