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["Jeb E." <1339820@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It **is** valid. If enough testing is done on these fake, unauthorized
chipsets, the easier it will be for an instant "fake or broken" status
to pop up on the screen to alert the user before continuing, bringing
education of fake NAND/FLASH memory to the publics' eyes and hopefully
alarming OEMs to crack down on these fake chipsets harming their brands.
The more information in the database (with consent of the users, of
course), the better and quicker. And adding the BadBlacks program and
list of faulty chipsets will even further improve reliability of
catching a bad chipset before it's too late.

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Title:
  Preventing fraudulent flash memory

Status in GNOME Disks:
  New
Status in Unity:
  New
Status in “gnome-disk-utility” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Do a simple Google search or eBay search for microSD or FLASH memory
  and you'll quickly realize something: There are some great prices out
  there! That is, until you actually get the memory device in your
  hands, test it out, and it fails within a matter of hours. There needs
  to be something out there, a common technology practice, to correctly
  and accurately test these memory modules the first time the user plugs
  in the device in order to prevent imminent data failure at an
  unexpected moment.

  I have the idea for the GNOME Disk Utility in Ubuntu -- To accurately
  test any new memory module installed with the consent of the user the
  second the module is plugged in and allowed to gain ROOT access to the
  filesystem. A simple test like this can save the general public tonnes
  of money when it comes to buying memory, keep malicious codes from
  entering our loved computer systems, and help educate us on how to
  choose the correct memory technology, where to buy it, and what to
  look for, etc.. Included in this idea I have is an optional form to
  report certain module types into a larger database that is
  interconnected between all computers using the GNOME Disk Utility and
  connected to the internet for even faster emergency diagnosis with
  instant fraudulent device recognition that will then push a warning to
  the user to remove the module at once and a set of instructions on how
  to properly request a refund for their counterfeit device.

  Something like this has never before been integrated into mainstream
  computing methods, and it's about time a smart, automated, self-
  learning, user-teaching system like this is implemented.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: gnome-disk-utility 3.10.0-1ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-27.50-generic 3.13.11
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-27-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Jul  9 13:15:58 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-19 (140 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-18 (82 days ago)

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