29 Oct
2020
29 Oct
'20
2:14 a.m.
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 05:55:07PM -0400, BorgLabs - Kate Draven wrote:
USB Mass storage was removed a long time ago by
google. They claim the other
ftps are better. They just removed it because it's easier to track data
transfers on MS and Apple that way.
I don't think that Android devices "phone home" to Google with
information about your data transfers so Google can track them.
Under USB storage, the computer mounting it has exclusive access to the
drive while it is mounted. That's a feature for USB external hard
drives, but a disadvantage for phones and cameras where people expect to
still be able to access their data even when the device is mounted on
the computer.
More here:
https://www.howtogeek.com/192732/android-usb-connections-explained-mtp-ptp-…
I had an LG phone with USB MS and it never had a
problem. Until it was run
over by a pickup truck. It didn't work well after that. 0_o
[nostalgia]
The first external hard drive I ever purchased was 40 megabytes, the
size of a phone directory, and literally armoured. The company selling
them advertised it by driving a car over it to prove it could take just
about anything.
40 whole megabytes. I thought I would never fill it. Back then I could
fit the OS, a two dozen or more games, and data files on a single 800K
floppy disk.
[/nostalgia]
--
Steve