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Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android by lowdose on Friday February 07, 2020 @06:57AM (#22265158)
Didn't you hear of those people returning their VW diesel back to the dealer because of a claim under Part 1 Chapter 2 of the Consumer Right Act 2015?
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Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android by tremon on Friday February 07, 2020 @07:51AM (#22265452)
I didn't, but it sounds intriguing, what was the outcome of that?
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Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android by lowdose on Friday February 07, 2020 @09:01AM (#22265970)
Biggest forced manufacturing recall ever recorded in history. VW Group barely hangs on in Chapter 11 because the people for once decided not to accept scapegoating some figureheads in a limited hangout.
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Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android by ddeck on Friday February 07, 2020 @10:31AM (#22266875)
>VW Group barely hangs on in Chapter 11

Not sure what you're referring to. Chapter 11 is a form of reorganization in bankruptcy in US law.

Volkswagen AG (i.e. the VW Group) is an EUR85 billion German company that - despite the massive fines and recall - has been consistently profitable, with a small loss in 2015 due to the aforementioned issue and earned ~EUR12 billion in net profit last year.

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Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android by Lammy on Friday February 07, 2020 @02:24PM (#22269733)
It will teach others. No need for the sarcasm.
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Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android by gruez on Friday February 07, 2020 @08:28AM (#22265709)
Was it really because of the Consumer Right Act? Part of VW's settlement with regulators was that they had to buy back a large majority (I don't recall the exact number) of the defective cars.
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