is there a way to prevent data in a flash drive from being copied

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As stated in the comments, the answer is no. If it can be read, it can be copied.

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  • Mehdi Zibout
    Mehdi Zibout almost 2 years

    I want to give a USB flash drive to a friend but I don't want him to copy the data in USB or add anything to it is it possible so he could only read the files without the ability to do anything else?

    • uint128_t
      uint128_t over 8 years
      If you can read a file, you can copy it.
    • Mehdi Zibout
      Mehdi Zibout over 8 years
      so there is no way?
    • uint128_t
      uint128_t over 8 years
      Short of you looking over his shoulder and holding a bat to his head while he reads the files, I don't so how this could be accomplished.
    • Mehdi Zibout
      Mehdi Zibout over 8 years
      I don't have a bat, can I use knife or something else?
    • Moab
      Moab over 8 years
      Encrypt the files on the drive you do not what anyone to have access to, they can copy them but cannot decrypt the files.
    • Moab
      Moab about 8 years
      Better duplicate of this question....superuser.com/questions/484142/…
  • Keltari
    Keltari over 8 years
    these programs dont work
  • Moab
    Moab over 8 years
    3rd party Software recommendations are not considered answers here on SU.
  • SeanClt
    SeanClt over 8 years
    Why isn't the question deleted then or migrated to the correct forum? I mean i get it people are flagging it down

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