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When a file system is created, the operating system would normally record the creation date in the metadata/volume information for that file system. Even for Fat32 I believe it can be extracted from the file system serial number. I'm concerned about a scenario where: The date a hard drive was purchased can be determined from the hardware serial number. The outer volume file system shows a creation date the same day the device was purchased. The outer volume file system is pristine indicating it has...

When a file system is created, the operating system would normally record the creation date in the metadata/volume information for that file system. Even for Fat32 I believe it can be extracted from the file system serial number. I'm concerned about a scenario where: The date a hard drive was purchased can be determined from the hardware serial number on the device. The outer volume file system shows a creation date on the same day as the device was purchased. The outer volume file system is pristine...