You should throw it away. Unsolicited or free usb sticks are not safe.
> On Aug 10, 2018, at 7:44 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I anything it may be 1GB it really is not a savings to make them that small. I would run something like parted or gparted to get a closer look at the thing.
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>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 7:33 PM Daniel Stasinski <daniel@genericinbox.com> wrote:
>> Today I got a promotional information USB stick from a retailer and I was able to fdisk and mkfs it to a 3.9mb drive. It seems like an odd size. Would it be safe to assume there is more space than it shows and can it be unlocked and accessed?
>>
>> This is what fdisk currently shows after formatting.
>>
>> Unpartitioned space /dev/sdb: 3.9 MiB, 4111872 bytes, 8031 sectors
>> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>>
>> Start End Sectors Size
>> 1 8031 8031 3.9M
>>
>> Daniel P. Stasinski
>> daniel@GenericInbox.com
>> I 💛✞
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