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What would a HDD “back door” even consist of 20+ years ago?

• kylebenzle 3y ago
  No idea, I only got told the story by the commander while we were drinking in our state rooms in the JSDF ship, maybe he was lying? Importantly though they said it was sending data back, THAT was the issue because the navy had used their drives, so basically stealing us gov data.
  • FirmwareBurner 3y ago
    >No idea, I only got told the story by the commander while we were drinking in our state rooms in the JSDF ship, maybe he was lying? Military staff would never lie and are also known to be very tech savvy. Story seems legit to me.
  • rasz 3y ago
    >No idea, I only got told perfect! :) The story makes no sense, but as always with conspiracy theories there is a small grain of truth in there. Asianometry: Toshiba’s Big Technology Export Scandal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaRyqAVIkwI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaRyqAVIkwI
• autoexec 3y ago
  Something in their implementation of SMART or some other chip on the controller? No idea what exactly it would have been a backdoor too. The OS? The BIOS? The data on the drive? Memory? Toshiba has offered a number of hardware and software encryption options over the years, but a casual search didn't turn up much older than 10 years.
  • lokar 3y ago
    No one serious depends on drive encryption, you shred the drive when you are done with it.