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April 5, 2016 05:42 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/CMlhwFsuEPQ/google-reaches-into-customers.html
Google reaches into customers' homes and bricks their gadgets
Revolv is a home automation hub that Google acquired 17 months ago; yesterday, Google announced that as of May 15, it will killswitch all the Revolvs in the field and render them inert. Section 1201 of the DMCA -- the law that prohibits breaking DRM -- means that anyone who tries to make a third-party OS for Revolv faces felony charges and up to 5 years in prison. (more…)
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