Reply to post: Re: Making Users Afraid Of Updates Is The Opposite Of Responsible

A year after Logitech screwed over Harmony users, it, um, screws over Harmony users: Device API killed off

Oddlegs

Re: Making Users Afraid Of Updates Is The Opposite Of Responsible

I'm as much as a geek as anyone but let's face a few truths here. 99.99% (at least) of users won't even have known these undocumented APIs existed let alone used them. The APIs were a (potential) insecurity which could have lead to an attack. Imagine the headlines if they'd done nothing: Millions of home networks breached as manufacturer refused to close known security holes

This update is good for the vast number of users. It doesn't break a single advertised or documented feature of the device and it does actually make them a little bit more secure. Could Logitech have given advanced users the ability to reenable the APIs? Perhaps but then they'd be acknowledging they existed and would have faced calls to document and support the APIs and still would have come in for criticism in the case of an attack.

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