FTDI stops disabling devices with fake chips
Scottish electronics firm FTDI has backed down from a controversial scheme to use a Windows software update to ‘brick’ devices with counterfeit chips.
The Glasgow-based company – which manufactures a USB-to-serial bridge chipset (FT232) used in many electronic devices – included a new driver in a Windows software update that deactivated the chip by setting its ID code to zero if it was found to be fake.
Related Posts
Cigarette trafficking spawning other crimes
March 28, 2015
One frigid afternoon in January, two men transferring cigarettes to a van from a...
P8.275 million worth of smuggled cigarettes seized in Zamboanga City
April 16, 2020
MANILA, Philippines — Assorted smuggled cigarettes amounting to P8.275 million...
₹ 43 Lakh Gold In Underwear, Customs Busts Man Back From Sharjah
September 3, 2021
The Indian national allegedly hid 895.20 gm of gold in paste form in his...
Customs officials seize stash of fake iPhone components in Hong Kong.
June 20, 2019
$120,000 of knockoff parts for iPhones and other handsets have been seized by...