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Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts, Leaked Contract Shows (www.404media.co)

submitted 5 months ago by esaru@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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The contract requires repair shops to "immediately disassemble" devices that have parts "not purchased from Samsung."

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago

so one of the reasons they shunned independent repair was that your privacy was at risk or something.... and now they require repair shops to share customer data.

i can't with these corpo doublespeak motherfuckers.