Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android
by dageshi on Friday February 07, 2020 @12:36PM
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Unless I'm missing something, it's only for 2 years after purchase?
"The legal guarantee covers any defects presumed to have existed at the time of delivery and which become apparent within a period of two years. However, the crucial period is the 6 months after you bought your product:"
https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/gua...
So I'm assuming the bulk of older phones would no longer be covered?
Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android
by tripzilch on Saturday February 08, 2020 @07:11AM
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That's the absolute EU mandated minimum. Per country it can be stricter. Also, generally businesses are expected to do somewhat better than "the bare minimum that makes you not want to demand your money back".
Re:Critical Bluetooth vulnerability in Android
by gowld on Saturday February 08, 2020 @04:20PM
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> businesses are expected to do somewhat better than "the bare minimum that makes you not want to demand your money back".
Since when? Economic theory explains that they are expected to do no more than that, or else they'd leave money on the table.
”Under EU rules, a trader must repair, replace, reduce the price or give you a refund if goods you bought turn out to be faulty or do not look or work as advertised.”
So, the manufacturer, in the EU, never has anything to do with the consumer, legally.
I think a trader could successfully argue they didn’t advertise the device as secure, that the user didn’t suffer from it or, for devices that are out of warranty, that they don’t need to correct this issue anymore. claiming that it wasn’t ‘faulty’ could be harder, but I’m sure they would try. If a vulnerability isn’t known, is it a fault? Depends on whether its cause was generally known, I would think.