Reply to post: Re: registration

Samsung: We will remotely brick smart TVs looted from our warehouse

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Re: registration

Second hand sales? This is not a small percentage for a product like a TV. Then there are things like divorce, some mentioned financed purchases.

There is no verifiable way to know that the registration information is current (or accurate at all for that matter).

TVs aren't as personal as phones are. That's what is hard with that. They are low margin so adding customer support overheads is rarely justified.

The worst part here IMO is that registration is becoming *proof* of ownership. That is a minefield. If it was registration done as part of the device onboarding perhaps less troubling. It would need to deal with returns.

Samsung ID and Find My (Our?) TV sounds workable.

Now if you bought a second hand TV, what is the secure ID transfer process, after the fact?

It would have to err on the legitimate owners side - if transfer is easy, UI lockdown is risky to invoke and useless (as the ownership data is more likely to be incorrect), if transfers are hard, UI lockdowns can be done safely.

It could deter second hand sales, so there are $$$$ there to be made though..

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