> Why would they not be homogenous?

Why would a business have the power to decide what should and what shouldn't be homogeneous about the property of others? A transaction took place, property has legally changed hands and the former owner is exerting control over property that isn't theirs any more.

How about if the builder of your house comes into your home via an access route unknown to you, and starts rearranging where things are placed, or where you and your wife are placed, etc. in order to maintain homogeneous layout?

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HiPhish 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> How about if the builder of your house comes into your home via an access route unknown to you, and starts rearranging where things are placed, or where you and your wife are placed, etc. in order to maintain homogeneous layout?

And if you complain he kicks you and your wife out of the house you bought. And if you dare to close off the backdoor he sends you to jail.

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dylan604 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I've seen this movie. Only, the twist was that the home was built 100+ years ago and the builder long since dead. The family living in the home currently had to resort to an exorcist.

Edit to say that the sarcasm is direct rebuttal with the preposterous nature of the hypothetical.

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below43 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is a cool article, and neat he got it working in the end.

One thing that is odd - if he blocked it calling home, it doesn't make sense that the kill code was issued remotely. It makes more sense that there is a line of code internally that kills the machine when it can't call home (which would be far less malicious).

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jacquesm 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That would in many ways be even worse because it means that if the manufacturer were to go out of business all of the stuff they sold would stop working. That's more malicious, not less.

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DaSHacka 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> It makes more sense that there is a line of code internally that kills the machine when it can't call home (which would be far less malicious).

Would it be? Whether the line of code is on the server or the device, what's the difference?

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below43 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

He implied they were remoting in after he blocked network traffic. It could easilyl be a standard exception handling approache when it can't call home and fetch latest settings etc. It might not be malicious - not defending the architecture, just think that there is an assumption of intent here.

	▲	foobarchu 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Whether they remote into his device or it kills itself is irrelevant except that if it's local code that's even worse, as they've programmed in future obsolescence. That is indefensible, full stop, do not pass go.

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fragmede 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you bring me your silverware from the kitchen, or I go into your house to take it, what's the difference?

(CFAA charges)

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