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[–] TheFool@infosec.pub 24 points 1 month ago (14 children)

I really don’t get why I should use anything else than dd

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"What, you guys don't spend money in several external ssds?"

-- this guy

[–] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

What? You can use dd to read/write any block storage device (or file)

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