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I recently bought some 8TB SSDs that were obviously Samsungs, but had no serial or capacity label. They came at a steep discount, so some shenanigans were expec
by dehrmann 1y ago
I recently bought some 8TB SSDs that were obviously Samsungs, but had no serial or capacity label. They came at a steep discount, so some shenanigans were expected, and they're in a mirrored setup, so my data is safe-ish. I just have no idea why they're missing the labels.
- simmerup 1y agoI'm very paranoid but I wouldn't want the responsibility of a databrack which I didn't know the history of. Anything could be on there
- pessimizer 1y agoFirst thing I (and a lot of people) do with a drive is encrypt the volume and write zeros to the entire thing. Otherwise, you're leaking information about how much is on them after you encrypt them for your own needs. Once they've been "erased" they're ready to use (or give away to friends.) edit: of course who knows what's on the hardware, but I haven't heard of the exploit that would doom me.
- gjvc 1y agono serial number == stolen
- dehrmann 1y agoCould also mean gray market.