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>I don't understand this Severe security vulnerability that they'd rather keep under wraps than admit to and patch? Hard to imagine what else would be worth th

>I don't understand this Severe security vulnerability that they'd rather keep under wraps than admit to and patch? Hard to imagine what else would be worth the ill will from consumers, I'd characterize Harmony is one of Logitech's flagship consumer product lines. Is this a Galaxy Gear type situation, but with something that would be a poison pill for IoT and is maybe even effectively unfixable/compromised at the hardware level? March 2018 seems like a long time to wait in that case, though. Edit: According to a user on Reddit, Logitech's had the Link products on "fire sale" a number of times over the last 6 months, with a 3 month warranty. So they've run the inventory out, with warranty terms that exclude the buyers from the replacement program. It seems like the most plausible reason is greed.

sbarre 9y ago
They claim it has to do with third-party tech licensed in the product that Logitech has decided they don't want to renew. The fire-sale stuff is pure garbage though.. They had to know they were selling customers soon-to-be-dead products.
- crankylinuxuser 9y ago
  An old town I lived in had a massage parlor that did something similar (and no, this isnt an euphemism - they were a legit massage place). They sold gift certificates at a sale: You would buy $50 certificate, and then get $25 to use next month. They got a load of people to buy them, cause it's a pretty good deal. Then within 2 weeks, they closed up shop. The local county prosecutor said that "knowingly selling gift certificates they did not plan on intending to honor was fraud-like, and would be investigated." And, it was more than investigated. They hauled their asses in court, and came to a settlement that all funds were to be returned. Evidently, there was a fraud charge mentioned for each certificate... Make them come to their senses. Too bad we can't do similar for bigger actors that violate the public trust, or engage in fraudulent behaviors. Cause I see a pretty straight-forward "Knowingly selling hardware that we will remotely kill just outside of the <cough> warranty period" sure seems to smell like fraud.

sbarre 9y ago

They claim it has to do with third-party tech licensed in the product that Logitech has decided they don't want to renew. The fire-sale stuff is pure garbage though.. They had to know they were selling customers soon-to-be-dead products.

crankylinuxuser 9y ago
An old town I lived in had a massage parlor that did something similar (and no, this isnt an euphemism - they were a legit massage place). They sold gift certificates at a sale: You would buy $50 certificate, and then get $25 to use next month. They got a load of people to buy them, cause it's a pretty good deal. Then within 2 weeks, they closed up shop. The local county prosecutor said that "knowingly selling gift certificates they did not plan on intending to honor was fraud-like, and would be investigated." And, it was more than investigated. They hauled their asses in court, and came to a settlement that all funds were to be returned. Evidently, there was a fraud charge mentioned for each certificate... Make them come to their senses. Too bad we can't do similar for bigger actors that violate the public trust, or engage in fraudulent behaviors. Cause I see a pretty straight-forward "Knowingly selling hardware that we will remotely kill just outside of the <cough> warranty period" sure seems to smell like fraud.