alt Hacker NewsThis goes beyond the 'right to repair' to simply the right of ownership. These remote updates prove again and again that even though you paid for something you don't actually own it.
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mystraline • yesterday at 9:48 PM
Indeed.
My ownership is proved by my receipt from the store I bought it from.
This vandalization at scale is a CFAA violation. I'd also argue it is a fraudulent sale since not all rights were transferred at sale, and misrepresented a sale instead of an indefinite rental.
And its likely a RICO act, since the C levels and BOD likely knew and/or ordered it.
And damn near everything's wire fraud.
But if anybody does manage to take them to court and win, what would we see? A $10 voucher for the next Oneplus phone? Like we'd buy another.
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It's basically the same for our automobiles, just try to disable the "phone home" parts connected to the fin on the roof. Do we really own out cars if we can't stop the manufacturer from telling us we need to change our oil through email?