[geeks] How to avoid counterfit gadgets?

[Walter Belgers]

On 4 feb. 2014, at 01:10, Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net> wrote:
> On 2/3/2014 3:48 AM, microcode at zoho.com wrote:
>> I remember a discussion a while ago elsewhere about SanDisk memory cards
and
>> how often they are (were?) being counterfitted. A bunch of people reported
>> receiving bogus cards from various ebay sellers.
>
> The problem isn't limited to eBay, nor is it limited to SanDisk.  It can
strike any supply chain that isn't large enough to by buying directly from the
flash manufacturer.

See this lecture at the CCC last December about SD card counterfits:

http://cdn.media.ccc.de/congress/2013/mp4/30c3-5294-en-The_Exploration_and_Ex
ploitation_of_an_SD_Memory_Card_h264-hq.mp4

Walter.