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SanDisk Connect offers tiny portable wireless flash storage for any mobile device

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by fishybell@pipedot.org on 2016-09-08 17:34 (#1T33K)

For the security conscious, yes, you can setup password protection so that only people with the password can connect to the device.
"Can setup a password" instead of "randomized password/SSID" equals so many people with so many leaked files.

Oh, and since it's a WIFI connection, when you connect to this device your internet connection goes away and any apps you have that eat data in the background are now eating into your wireless data quota.

...but it's only $24 for 32gb, so that's pretty good.

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by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2016-09-08 22:54 (#1T419)

when you connect to this device your internet connection goes away
The review mentions you can pair it with your home WiFi:

"Enter your WiFi network details, and this should make the Connect Wireless Stick available over the network - letting you access its storage and Internet at the same time."
and any apps you have that eat data in the background are now eating into your wireless data quota.
Android has a nice "Restrict Background Data" option I always use, which will stop those background updates whenever your internet access is via cellular.

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