Jason Koebler
jasonkoebler@mastodon.social
Scoop: I obtained the contract Samsung requires independent shops to sign to buy phone repair parts from them.
It requires:
- "Daily" dumps of customer data
- The "immediate destruction" of any phones a shop comes across that has third-party parts
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Bill's in the shop for repairs
wcbdata@vis.social@jasonkoebler ouch. Unsurprising, I guess, but wow.
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@jasonkoebler "Would a customer bring their phone in to be repaired only to have it destroyed?"
That's the stuff of a dark comedy dystopia right there
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tivasyk@mastodon.social@jasonkoebler thank you. definitely NOT buying any #samsung electronics anymore whenever i have a say in it.
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Hans van Zijst
hans@social.woefdram.nlMy 2 stepdaughters were happy that it had software onboard to watch YouTube shite. I wasn't too happy because I've learned to be very suspicious.
So I disconnected it from my LAN, it doesn't have to phone home to Samsung or whatever other party. Of course, my stepdaughers thought I was being paranoid.
https://www.techradar.com/news/samsung-smart-tvs-will-soon-have-a-privacy-app-but-your-data-is-still-your-responsibility
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tivasyk@mastodon.social@hans i have youtube blocked on home network. that was not the point though… the audacity of the company requiring user data and destruction of their property is bordering crime, the servicing companies who sign those conditions are accomplices imho.
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