Samsung to remotely kill Galaxy Note 7

[Kevin Lancaster]

Samsung to remotely kill Galaxy Note 7

Samsung will phase out the remaining Galaxy Note 7 devices in use through a forced software update that will prevent them from charging, The Korea Herald reported.

 

[Thor]

Scary. Good in this case, but scary thinking they can purposefully make your device slow and lagged in a bid to force you to upgrade.

 

[Binary_Bark]

Scary. Good in this case, but scary thinking they can purposefully make your device slow and lagged in a bid to force you to upgrade.

Yeah this.

This is a very scary thought that cellphone companies can do this

 

[ActivateD]

Hmm a remote kill switch via update. I wonder what the law will say about this.

 

[Romito]

**Remote detonation** ANYONE?:wtf:

 

[JJCT]

Scary. Good in this case, but scary thinking they can purposefully make your device slow and lagged in a bid to force you to upgrade.

Yeah this.

This is a very scary thought that cellphone companies can do this

More scary if someone else got their hands on the tech. Imagine someone​ shutting down all the Samsungs like some sort of Snake Plissken nutjob.

 

[Thor]

I vote for a mybb investigation article

 

[Romito]

More scary if someone else got their hands on the tech. Imagine someone​ shutting down all the Samsungs like some sort of Snake Plissken nutjob.

Haven't they been doing that already?

 

[ponder]

Hmm a remote kill switch via update. I wonder what the law will say about this.

Yeah, would be interesting.

Imagine you have an emergency out in the sticks and you battery runs flat followed by plugging it in to you car charger and nothing, somebody dies.

 

[genetic]

Root > custom ROM > sorted

 

[Swa]

CyanogenMod ftw!

 

[vinodh]

CyanogenMod ftw!

Don't you mean LineageOS? Cyanogenmod is unfortunately dead but LineageOS keeps the flag flying.

 

[Swa]

Don't you mean LineageOS? Cyanogenmod is unfortunately dead but LineageOS keeps the flag flying.

Thanks, now there's another new name for me to learn.

 

[ponder]

Don't you mean LineageOS? Cyanogenmod is unfortunately dead but LineageOS keeps the flag flying.

Got CyanogenMod on a s3 mini but don't see it in the supported device list for lineage, bummer.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Suppose an argument could be made that Note 7s present a safety hazard and Samsung has some responsibility to address it.

 

[AstroTurf]

They can do this for faulty phones but not due stolen phones?

 

[Suspect99]

They can do this for faulty phones but not due stolen phones?

It's a mass update. Not a update to specific phones

 

[AstroTurf]

It's a mass update. Not a update to specific phones

Each phone has an imei. They can be specific. If I can track my phone they can kill it.

 

[RyanPCMR]

I fully support this initiative by Samsung to ensure the safety of people.

 

[Suspect99]

Each phone has an imei. They can be specific. If I can track my phone they can kill it.

Yes but the amount of admin required is completely different for a mass update vs individual updates