Surprising Discovery: Coldplay Lyrics Found in Kingston SSD Firmware

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#6131336
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Seems like someone is a cheeky fan.
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Should have been the lyrics for Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley.
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Interestingly, as Starke examined the bin file, he noticed that segments of Coldplay's song 'The Scientist,' along with the precise title and 2002 release year, were embedded within the code. Starke expressed his bewilderment, confessing, "I have absolutely no idea why the text is in the firmware." The incorporation of song lyrics into such deeply embedded firmware adds a mysterious twist to the situation. Bleeping Computer has speculated on possible reasons behind this unusual addition, suggesting it could be test data or even a light-hearted joke by the developers.
Let me guess, some simp developing those firmwares got heartbroken by some nasty chick and had to do something about it so he did it this way.
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Not such a bad choice of a band. Coldplay has some nice songs.
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it's to keep the memory Cold to Play harder
#6131462
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Or it is just for fun... (on other hand it is Coldplay song... imagine that it could have been cardi B or aya nakamura 😕...)
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Coders putting weird text in binaries was quite common in the 90s. I guess some habits never really die out. I still remember when I found this rant in Core Design's "Universe":
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I know the lyrics but only from a hardcore song that sampled the Coldplay song. [youtube=CZLc_hPMNy4]
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The Reeferman:

I know the lyrics but only from a hardcore song that sampled the Coldplay song.
Shame it was filmed on a POTATO.
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Advanced easter eggs, hell yeah! 🙂
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Reddoguk:

Shame it was filmed on a POTATO.
It wasn't but some dodo re-uploaded it in worse quality. But somehow the original (better quality) video is age restricted so I though let's take the one without the restriction since it will play embedded in the forum. Think it were the kissing ladies that caused it. Here a link to the version with better quality video but with an age restriction. [youtube=8FS2nBCR9o8]
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KissSh0t:

Should have been the lyrics for Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley.
Nah a shortened link to rickroll even better !
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Any chance this was a mistake where the coder accidently CTRL+V'd it into the firmware before compiling it and never caught it?
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And still no greatest/best of hits album from this band. 😱