• jet@hackertalks.com
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    9 months ago

    First sale doctrine should forbid this behavior entirely. Once you sold it it’s not yours to disable.

    The article doesn’t say they are offering a refund or replacement phone approved for mexico frequencies… so this is a massive dick move.

    Do the phones start to work again if operated outside of Mexico?

    Bricking phones by geolocation is massively evil and we should do everything we can to discourage it.

  • Kekzkrieger@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    I mean i understand they wanna do something against unauthorized sellers, but fucking consumers in the process is wrong in any way.

    It’s a joke that a phone provider can lock phones remotely no matter what.