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submitted 1 month ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/hardware@lemmy.world

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I skimmed the article, but I could not see this, so I am asking here.

Is there a tool to check the extra data and verify if a drive is or isn't counterfit?

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Basically no, if you didn't buy directly from seagate you just can't really know.

Firmware can be updated, labels faked, serial numbers changed.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Damn it, I am right now in the market for seven 8TB drives, and I am looking at the Seagate Ironwolf Pro NT drives....

[–] onewithoutaname@k.fe.derate.me 6 points 1 month ago

If Seagate's FARM is really unforgeable as the article says, then you can check it with smartctl -l farm /dev/sda.

[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Don't think this is relevant if you use UBO.