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'Samsung South Africa activates TV Block function to render all TV sets useless that were looted and stolen in July' - and who is the bad guy?
posted 4 years ago by wotfan 4 years ago by wotfan +62 / -0

Samsung, of course. Not the looters...

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– MetalGearMk4 26 points 4 years ago +26 / -0

Why don't they do this shit over here there's probably way more stolen shit since all the looting in Minneapolis and everywhere else across the country

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– Smith1980 18 points 4 years ago +18 / -0

What I’m thinking. Democrat politicians would twist themselves into knots trying to defend rioting thugs

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– GimmeFuelGimmeFire 12 points 4 years ago +12 / -0

"Summer of love"

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– Brennus 7 points 4 years ago +7 / -0

Apple did

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– dontdrinksoy 7 points 4 years ago +7 / -0

My guess is South Africa has a lot of theft, which is why Samsung has this shit in their TVs there. Probably does not exist in American TVs.

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– FrostedCricketFlakes 15 points 4 years ago +15 / -0

with smart TVs, it would be a trivial addition. It could even be patched in.

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– VA-Pede 1 point 4 years ago +1 / -0

Probably does not exist in American TVs

I admire your optimism.

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– wotfan [S] 3 points 4 years ago +3 / -0

That's a very good question!

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– WhitePhoenix 1 point 4 years ago +1 / -0

I know everyone would love to stick it to the 13/50 and all but you all need to look at the long term implications of this.

A fucking company has the ability to block you from using a piece of hardware at their whim. Forest for the trees folks - go ahead and shut down the stolen shit but this also implies that companies are looking into this in the future and it will be used elsewhere.

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