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Re:Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so th... by rmtech on Saturday December 28, 2019 @07:37AM (#21898566)
> Imagine a virus that looks for Sonos devices on a network and bricks them all via "recycle mode"!

This would be an incredible public service. Unfortunately I don't have the skills to do it so I won't.

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Re:Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so th... by tripzilch on Saturday December 28, 2019 @08:32AM (#21898783)
I mean it really wouldn't, because the virus would be dooming the devices to go into "recycle or trash" option, instead of the "reuse" option.

And otherwise it would just piss off Sonos owners?

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Re:Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks devices so th... by ThiefMaster- on Saturday December 28, 2019 @02:55PM (#21901307)
If it's purely server-side it would force them to un-recycle everything, which would be a good thing.
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