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Clean wipe of USB stick of any hidden codes
If I purchase a supposedly brand new USB stick (or micros SD, or similar portable storage devices) online, and I don't quite know the origin where they are produced, and I am a bit paranoid, is there a sure fire way to cleanly wipe it, including removing any hidden codes?
Do applications such as BalenaEtcher or Rufus do such a clean wipe?
On the opposite side, are there techniques where hidden codes are permanently embedded in portable storage devices that cannot be removed. And the only sure fire way is to physically destroy such devices?
