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cincytee said:

DAalseth said:

Kinda torn on this. On one hand if WD knew that's bad. But if WD knew but had declared them legacy well before and no longer supported them, well, that's the risk. Shouldn't be using such an archaic device for critical storage. Would we expect Apple to patch a vulnerability in Bondi Blue iMacs at this point? OTOH the newest of these would just be barely seven years old. That's not that far back. I don't know. ߤ禬t;/div>

I have no problem with declaring products "legacy" and offering no new functional upgrades or support for normal drive failures or software compatibility, but this kind of critical flaw, if known to them, should have been patched. Having your data remotely wiped is well beyond the normal "it's old, so it won't do everything the new version will" risk of using older hardware.

I think the key point is WD still provided the remote sign on mechanism and remote access to the drive. If they declared it “legacy” then they should have disabled remote access if they weren’t going to provide security patches and have it function as stand alone hard drive. I get the comparison to the Bondi Mac but that is a stand alone device and not tied in to other services.  

Simple question.  Has anyone heard of any consumer complaints about the App Store? 

Gatekeepers, hmmm, let’s see.  A look at the battery power tool industry is all you need to do to see what happens if you don’t have standards.  Most of the manufacturers uses a different incompatible battery. Even Craftsman (Sears) and Craftsman (Black & Decker) use a different battery. It’s an example where there is not one manufacturer that is dominant enough to set a standard. The fact that Apple/Google/Amazon can is good for the consumer. 

Let’s kill the goose that laid the golden egg. There would be no App Store if Apple didn’t maintain such tight control. The Wild West would have taken over and people would have given upon purchasing apps long ago if they couldn’t be sure it was safe. The only reason Google Play exists is because of the success of the App Store.  

I guess that family card update didn’t go so well.