Hollywood has a long history of grossly exaggerating hacking scenes. A nerdy guy hacking into a large corporation in seconds with just a few keystrokes is a classic example of an overused movie trope.

Whether we like it or not, external drives are frequent backup targets. For the most part, there's nothing wrong with that, and most of them are perfectly fine to use under many circumstances. But a ...

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