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This explanation infuriates me so much. They use technical terms and true technologies to lie about their security issues and measures. Flash memory should eas
by 404mm 5y ago
This explanation infuriates me so much.
They use technical terms and true technologies to lie about their security issues and measures. Flash memory should easily withstand north of 10k write/erase cycles, base on type.
Even if there was somehow some very low limit, users’ request to delete personal & sensitive data should be honored and any cost.
But then again, we’re talking about people paying actual money to have these devices in their homes.
- adrian_b 5y agoHigh-density flash memory with more than 1 bit per cell, like in SSD's, withstands usually just a few hundred, some times only one hundred, write-erase cycles. You can easily compute this value by dividing the guaranteed endurance by the SSD capacity. For example, an 1 TB Samsung 980 guarantees only 600 TBW / 1 TB = 600 write-erase cycles. This computation works because the wear-leveling algorithm used by the SSD controller distributes the writes uniformly over the entire SSD, ensuring approximately the same number of write-erase cycles for every cell.