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What's the point of these thing?
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What's the point of these thing?
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Just in case.
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>>52383692

it's hardware encryption. It locks the memomry card, preventing it from being read from
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>>52383692
Read only
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to prevent accidental deletion
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Photographers have to shuffle around a shitload of those cards. You mark them read only after you fill a card so you dont accidentally wipe shots you havent transferred when youre reusing cards.
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>>52383692
Didn't grow up with VHS or 3.5' Floppy.
Sure is neo-/g/en here.
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>ITT retards who can't read
He clearly wants to imply they're mostly useless nowadays.
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>>52383692
Prevents virus from coyping itself onto the card.
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>>52383692
Newfag
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They are useless and they break easily
had to put superglue on mine because it would switch to lock everytime I put in on my laptop
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>>52384174
I use thin scotch tape, this way it's reversible
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>>52384222
almost got it stuck in the card reader with tape so it had to be glued
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>>52383765
>Read only
Too bad it's software only so it doesn't do fuck all.
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