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Formatting infected USB sticks
I'm wondering what is the best way of formatting USB sticks which might or might not be infected. I'm looking at booting up from a Live USB (linux mint with persistence) and disconnecting the internal SSD of the computer to avoid the possibility of cross contamination. But I'm wondering If I boot off of the live USB and plug in the USB in doubt, is it not still possible contamination could cross to the live USB.
I'm sure it's still possible to get USBs which have a read only switch but do I need to get one of these to be fully secure?
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated