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Cake day: September 21st, 2024

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  • https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/whats-behind-the-infamous-seagate-bsy-bug/

    this thread has multiple documented instances of poor QA and firmware bugs Seagate has implemented at the cost of their own customers.

    my specific issue was even longer ago, 20+ years. there was a bug in the firmware where there was a buffer overflow from an int limit on runtime. it caused a cascade failure in the firmware and caused the drive to lock up after it ran for the maximum into limit. this is my understanding of it anyway.

    the only solution was to purchase a board online for the exact model of your HDD and swap it and perform a firmware flash before time ran out. I think you could also use a clip and force program the firmware.

    at the time a new board cost as much as a new drive, finances of which I didn’t have at the time.

    eventually I moved past the 1tb of data I lost, but I will never willingly purchase another Seagate.

















  • you must have a lot of trust in your government.

    giving examples of what it’s used for doesn’t make it any better that you’re forced to install software on your personal device by your government for simply existing and is an invasion of privacy.

    in my country my government wanted to use facial recognition for online transactions that were previously accessible via government IDs. it was found that the facial recognition software was provided by a corporate identity provider that was then selling that same data to local police that then tracked people through local government surveillance.

    when it comes to technology, I have zero faith in every government in the world to have my best interests in mind. they are all guilty of either being complicit in eroding civil rights or negligent in upholding the protections built for civil liberties.