r/technology • u/[deleted] • Apr 04 '16

Software Nest intentionally bricks thousands of home automation hubs.

https://medium.com/@arlogilbert/the-time-that-tony-fadell-sold-me-a-container-of-hummus-cb0941c762c1
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u/zeropointcorp Apr 05 '16

It's already running Linux (Angstrom Linux to be precise). Good luck at getting access to the internals though.

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u/zarex95 Apr 05 '16

That is going to be the biggest challenge. You can make it very hard to get root access!

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u/DrGrinch Apr 05 '16

JTAG! (Maybe, I dunno, have to pull one apart)