Comment on Seagate's fraudulent hard drives scandal deepens as clues point at Chinese Chia mining farms

jqubed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• HotChickenFeet@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Proof-of-storage based cryptocurrency. The article says when it became non-profitable, the drives were reset so their smart stats would appear new, and sold them as such.

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chia_Network

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  • OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Seems like that should be illegal, like changing the odometer on a car, but what do I know.

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    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Sure is, this would fall under fraud at the very least; but laws only stop those willing to obey them. Now it’s a matter of figuring out who to punish.

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