> How can an unbranded SD card be fake? Fake with respect to what? In respect to not being the claimed capacity, but modified in a data-destroying way to make

> How can an unbranded SD card be fake? Fake with respect to what? In respect to not being the claimed capacity, but modified in a data-destroying way to make that difficult to detect: https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1326059# https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1326059# (from 2015, capacities have obviously changed since then): > Tests by the Counterfeit Report found that the cards will work at first, but generally speaking, buyers are purchasing what they think are cards with capacities of 32GB and up. Instead they are getting are cards with 7GB capacity. Counterfeiters simply overwrite the real memory capacity with a false capacity to match any capacity and model they print on the counterfeit packaging and card, Crosby explained. Users can’t determine the actual memory capacity of a counterfeit memory card by simply plugging it into their computer, phone, or camera. When the user hits the limit, the phony card starts overwriting files, which leads to lost data. > The Counterfeit Report often comes across cards in capacities that don’t exist in any product line, and the cards it purchases and tests that are 32GB and up are usually always fake. The counterfeiters make a great profit on the fake cards, and there’s no consequence.