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The advise about 'destroying' watches you have is a bit odd too. Why not just return them or remove the listening in capability with a firmware update?
by akhatri_aus 9y ago
The advise about 'destroying' watches you have is a bit odd too. Why not just return them or remove the listening in capability with a firmware update?
- detaro 9y agoI don't think a seller is going to take a return of a product they are not allowed to possess either, but is going to tell you to destroy it.
- gmueckl 9y agoThis is a legal thing: they decided that merely owning one of the affected devices is illegal. So the best way back to legality is to destroy the device and keep a proof of its destruction. Nice and tidy. A firmware based fix alone does not make the device easily distinguishable from one without it and the fix is not permanent, making it possible to revert the device into its illegal state.