On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:02 AM, Tom Metro <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill Bogstad wrote: >> Tom Metro wrote: >>> Or do you not trust the altered firmware... >> >> Would you? > > I guess if testing showed it to be reliable up to some capacity, I would > consider using it for scratch storage, like conveying an OS installer, > knowing that the installer did an md5sum on its files before using them.
Using it as write-once medium (with verifiication) might work, but it still might try doing wear leveling in the background and lose data. >> It was only because I cared about >> possibly losing data that I tested it at all. > > Did anything tip you off, or did you read about this trend and figured > it was just a good idea to test your cards? I think it was mostly that I was starting to purchase a number of high-capacity and high speed micro SD cards (lucrative to fake). In retrospect, the packaging is a bit odd; but I don't know if it had an effect on my decision. Bill _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
