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Or you assign and track serial numbers yourself, like people do with, say, literally every other object in every large scale operation in the history of humanit
by bboygravity 4y ago
Or you assign and track serial numbers yourself, like people do with, say, literally every other object in every large scale operation in the history of humanity?
For that reason exist (e)SIMs, bar codes, qr codes, serial numbers in general, serial numbers of assemblies, serial numbers of sub-assemblies, serial numbers of parts, etc. You don't need a manufacturer to give something a serial number?
- yarg 4y agoSerial numbers are rather useful from a validation standpoint, counterfeiting is a real danger.
- super256 4y agoThere is still a serial number printed on the box, and a batch number on the box AND heat spreader. A part of the serial number (assembly test process order number) is also printed on the CPU package (not the box, but the actual die carrier). So, even if the counterfeiter made the effort to replace the heat spreader, you could still find out. Edit: Talking about Intel CPUs obviously.
- yarg 4y agoThat's fine for a small number of computers, but it doesn't scale.