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Manufacturer remote lock over "illegally imported devices" (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by DetectiveSanity@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Recently Motorola followed by Samsung started disabling/locking devices flagged as "illegal" through Mexico marking a precedent over the remote control manufacturers have over the devices they sell! Only after Mexican government made an official request to manufacturers they removed the lock.

Sources: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1537307-android-phones-disabled-remotly-in-mexico/ https://www.sammyfans.com/2023/10/23/samsung-stops-blocking-illegally-imported-galaxy-phones-in-mexico/

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[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If we wanted to own the devices we bought, we would have needed to start 20 years ago.

Now it's too late, the only reasonable thing you can do is clawing back control over your device by installing a custom ROM.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 9 points 1 year ago

Agreed. But it's good for authorities, and as the mexicanist authorities demonstrated, to treat this as a crime. To prevent companies from doing this.