Now even #walmart are #selling #fake #drives , that will 100% #result in #dataloss https://www.tomshardware.com/news/30tb-p.. *This SUCKS.* You can imagine some #family buying this to #backup their #photos , only to go to use it and find out that it is *all gone.* #walmart seriously needs to get called out on this shit.
Looks like #chia #coin is failing and people are looking to flog their abused #drives to unsuspecting customers: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/used-c..
And this is why we need #opensource #flash #drives - you cannot trust them to operate safely or even in a way where they can detect their own #corruption https://goughlui.com/2017/05/30/experime.. In theory it should be possible to far exceed the #read and #write #cycles that the #nand supports...
#chia #crypto #mining is killing the availability of #drives and meaning that getting a #warranty is becoming more difficult: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/crucia.. #crucial looks like they will begin voiding warranty very soon for people who do use their drives for mining.