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loads for me, have cookies,java script, dom storage, off by default..add blockers on, I get just the text which is just fine still dont understand how a major

loads for me, have cookies,java script, dom storage, off by default..add blockers on, I get just the text which is just fine still dont understand how a major disk maker got caught up in something as skeezy as this though

b112 2y ago
It sounds like Seagate has nothing to do with this. It sounds like someone is scamming retailers and distributors. None of the drives in this article were shipped by Seagate, only some by authorized resellers. EG, Amazon, newegg are authorized resellers.
- ldoughty 2y ago
  Indeed. Force the seller to be the retailer itself and see if you still have this problem... Any other seller is (at a glance) indistinguishable as a legitimate business or a scalper/scammer.. and there's plenty of legitimate businesses operating in the grey area in-between too.
  - metalman 2y ago
    ok, then. A hardware solution. These drives are not mechanicaly serviceable, at least by meer mortals. So pot everything, with all of the fasteners and ports, injection molded with simple breakaway covers, that get removed by snapping them off, little holograms torn, it is now evidentialy used. It wont be worth the effort refurbish in such a way as to look new. got to be worth the trivial extra effort by an oem, just to return serv. Alternative would be a tiny window, with a tiny fuse, attached across the input power, blows the first time it powers up gota be a hundred easy ways to fox em, just keep switching up
    - snvzz 2y ago
      There's a little serial port in the header of every Seagate drive. I have connected to it. Documentation is easy to find online. There's commands giving access to a lot of functionality. Modifying SMART values is trivially done. Thus, they likely wrote a script that gets the job done in seconds. Attach device to hdd and remove when LED turns red. Done, next. Seagate could make this a little harder, but hasn't. This is likely the case only because nobody has abused this at a scale before.
geor9e 2y ago
>dont understand how a major disk maker got caught up in something as skeezy as this I'm not sure what you mean by "caught up in". You make it sound like their employees were involved. It's a pretty universal organized crime problem affecting all sorts of industries - used part dealers rolling back the odometer on things and sneaking them back into the supply chain as low milage or new. A store might be an "authorized distributor" but that doesn't mean they can't be tricked by a fake salesperson. Every brand battles counterfeiters and fraudsters somewhat. Here's a Western Digital odometer reset for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL9u6QwTsW8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL9u6QwTsW8 Gotta be careful what alleyway you buy your rolexes from.

b112 2y ago

It sounds like Seagate has nothing to do with this. It sounds like someone is scamming retailers and distributors. None of the drives in this article were shipped by Seagate, only some by authorized resellers. EG, Amazon, newegg are authorized resellers.

ldoughty 2y ago
Indeed. Force the seller to be the retailer itself and see if you still have this problem... Any other seller is (at a glance) indistinguishable as a legitimate business or a scalper/scammer.. and there's plenty of legitimate businesses operating in the grey area in-between too.
- metalman 2y ago
  ok, then. A hardware solution. These drives are not mechanicaly serviceable, at least by meer mortals. So pot everything, with all of the fasteners and ports, injection molded with simple breakaway covers, that get removed by snapping them off, little holograms torn, it is now evidentialy used. It wont be worth the effort refurbish in such a way as to look new. got to be worth the trivial extra effort by an oem, just to return serv. Alternative would be a tiny window, with a tiny fuse, attached across the input power, blows the first time it powers up gota be a hundred easy ways to fox em, just keep switching up
  - snvzz 2y ago
    There's a little serial port in the header of every Seagate drive. I have connected to it. Documentation is easy to find online. There's commands giving access to a lot of functionality. Modifying SMART values is trivially done. Thus, they likely wrote a script that gets the job done in seconds. Attach device to hdd and remove when LED turns red. Done, next. Seagate could make this a little harder, but hasn't. This is likely the case only because nobody has abused this at a scale before.

geor9e 2y ago

>dont understand how a major disk maker got caught up in something as skeezy as this I'm not sure what you mean by "caught up in". You make it sound like their employees were involved. It's a pretty universal organized crime problem affecting all sorts of industries - used part dealers rolling back the odometer on things and sneaking them back into the supply chain as low milage or new. A store might be an "authorized distributor" but that doesn't mean they can't be tricked by a fake salesperson. Every brand battles counterfeiters and fraudsters somewhat. Here's a Western Digital odometer reset for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL9u6QwTsW8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL9u6QwTsW8 Gotta be careful what alleyway you buy your rolexes from.