RE: https://infosec.exchange/@_r_netsec/117494723464435420
huh was thinking about something similar to target the android tv pirate boxes
basically, this article issued an update disabling a service
imo it would be ethical to rm -rf / devices to teach end users. for pirate boxes, this would get a massive influx of users asking for refunds, potentially shutting down operations
also lol:
> Shortly after we started offering our update, someone uploaded it to VirusTotal. A week later 11 different vendors were detecting our update as malicious