I was updating my Samsung Magician software when this prompt came up… Is this for data collection? I’m gonna go out on a limb and say yes… i DO in fact live in a GDPR country.

  • @AnUnusualRelic
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    1 year ago

    I find it worrying that a hard drive potentially collects data.

      • @virku
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        321 year ago

        To collect data and send it to a third party, hence needing to know if you are protected by GDPR is not what a hard drive is for, no.

      • snooggums
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        301 year ago

        That got a chuckle, but no.

        The purpose of a hard drive is to receive and store data, not to collect it.

    • @[email protected]
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      121 year ago

      The hard drive isn’t, but the Samsung software they are choosing to use for some reason will be.

    • ElPussyKangarooOP
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      21 year ago

      It’s the software that comes with the SSD. Not the hard drive itself, to be fair.

      • @AnUnusualRelic
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        11 year ago

        A fair point. Still close enough to be worrisome. Also that software potentially updates the drive’s drivers and/or firmware.