On May 8, 10:03*am, wrote:
It seems counterintuitive that the cap to a wooden USB fob handed
out at a trade show snaps on like it is magnetic.. is it?
No risk or erasing it or other media it is near?

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depending on the coercivity of the media, 'weak' magnetic fields won't
affect the sotrage much, at all. but those new rare-earth magnets
will do a lot of damage to the data and don't have to get very close.