The issue you’ll run into is that the data runs through their servers, and you ages to let them kill it off. Should that be legal? I honestly don’t know. But they shouldn’t force you to use their servers to begin with, which would make the entire issue moot.
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Having someone use a remote kill command for an item you bought for reasons other than imminent threats to safety ought to be illegal. This shouldn’t be treated differently from a car salesman bricking your windshield after you drive off the lot.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
In germany there’s the “Computer sabotage” crime.
reddit_sux@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Is it still sabotage if the only thing they have sold is a license to use their product not the product itself. That is still their property.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
I’m no law expert, but as far as i know, there were laready similiar cases. Reasoning (german law): Software required to run the product is not “licensed to use” but part of the product, which was bought, belongs the user and not the company. Remotely making the device unusable would indeed violate that term.
Natanael@infosec.pub 5 hours ago
At least in EU the manufacturer can’t revoke licenses on sold physical products with no cause (can’t expire before EOL either) and can’t remove advertised functionality. If any feature is conditional or temporary it has to be disclosed before sale.
Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 18 hours ago
Hopefully, such terms would violate the above law andnoyt hold up against it.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
yes. and no its not their property.