https://www.neowin.net/amp/certific...equirements-expire-soon-here-is-what-to-know/
Seems more than likely people who have PC's they've not used in a while will eventually get them out to turn on, get the invalid certificate message and assume it's now just more eWaste or require paying a computer place to fix it, so go back in the cupboard for another 3 to 4 years.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you guys know as you might be the tech guru's for family and friends and I've seen this happen again and again already. Just a few months ago the Chromecast certificate expired and it required a hard reset after a week of it being down. They have automated it now, but I wonder howany people went out and got a new smart TV because their existing solution wasn't working, no information given and it wasn't reported on any main sites. It was a post on XDA forums saying what had happened and then they updated the post with the fix once google resigned a new certificate for it.
More recently PS3 Blu-ray drive certificate was due to expire and they released an update for the system after over a decade.
So those who jailbroke their devices and have been keeping it offline will find they have to do this update to continue using their hardware.
It really does suck that the security of things is linked to controlling users hardware. Feels more like planned obsolescence to me than it should.
Seems more than likely people who have PC's they've not used in a while will eventually get them out to turn on, get the invalid certificate message and assume it's now just more eWaste or require paying a computer place to fix it, so go back in the cupboard for another 3 to 4 years.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you guys know as you might be the tech guru's for family and friends and I've seen this happen again and again already. Just a few months ago the Chromecast certificate expired and it required a hard reset after a week of it being down. They have automated it now, but I wonder howany people went out and got a new smart TV because their existing solution wasn't working, no information given and it wasn't reported on any main sites. It was a post on XDA forums saying what had happened and then they updated the post with the fix once google resigned a new certificate for it.
More recently PS3 Blu-ray drive certificate was due to expire and they released an update for the system after over a decade.
So those who jailbroke their devices and have been keeping it offline will find they have to do this update to continue using their hardware.
It really does suck that the security of things is linked to controlling users hardware. Feels more like planned obsolescence to me than it should.