Indeed, it is trivial to dump the raw thumb-drive content and restore it later to put it back in its pristine state. There is no really viable protection relying solely on the OS or any data publicly stored on the thumb-drive. Possible, but only on an industrial or semi-industrial scale So what you need is a DRM solution, and not a data integrity solution. The 'data integrity' term you use doesn't seem appropriate regarding your needs.Ī data integrity method would ensure that the data on the flash drive is genuine and/or cannot be in a corrupted or incoherent state, but this do not seem to be your concern here.Ī Digital Right Management (DRM) method, according to Wikipedia, 'is a term referring to various access control technologies that are used to restrict the usage of proprietary software, hardware, or content. You want a DRM, not an 'integrity' solutionįirst a small vocabulary precision. Taking a small step away from your pursuer/target in this situation oftens encourages them to come forward, right into your smoke, or out of their own, as the case may be. Or other times impatience gets the best of people and they try to run forward for the stun right after dropping the smoke, only to bump straight into an uneffected pursuer's blade. The smoke doesn't always appear all around you, sometimes your character drops it to the side and ends up only just standing in the smoke.

Lastly, take a little step back after dropping a smoke bomb at your feet. The effect seems to be slightly wider than it appears on the screen. Most people catch the edge when trying to get round a smoke bomb. To counter this, stand right in the middle, or keep the smoke between you and your pursuer until they start coughing. (You should sometimes see a message about this after you die, if it's happening continually.)Īnd also, a pursuer can stand at the edge of a smoke bomb and kill a target within the smoke if the target is close enough. So pursuers sometimes appear to kill you right through the smoke. Some things to remember though are that smoke bombs don't work right away, there's about 1/3 of a second in between dropping them and seeing the effect.

If a pursuer walks into your smoke bomb, you'll be able to stun them, assuming you're quick enough.

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