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), but these are third-party mirrors rather than official releases. What is ChipGenius?
Every USB device has a Vendor ID (VID) and a Product ID (PID). Counterfeit drives in the grey market often spoof these IDs (e.g., pretending to be a genuine Sony or Kingston drive). ChipGenius bypasses this high-level identification by querying the directly via specific SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) commands or proprietary vendor-specific control endpoints.
