The people who made off with Samsung TV’s during the July riots are in for an unpleasant surprise: Samsung South Africa has announced that it has activated a TV Block function on all its sets that were looted during the unrest in July.
The TV Block function will render the TV completely useless, Samsung has stated that the function allows them to remotely block a TV from working.
“In keeping with our values to leverage the power of technology to resolve societal challenges, we will continuously develop and expand strategic products in our consumer electronics division with defence-grade security, purpose-built, with innovative and intuitive business tools designed for a new world. This technology can have a positive impact at this time, and will also be of use to both the industry and customers in the future,” said Mike Van Lier, director of consumer electronics at Samsung South Africa.
According to Samsung South Africa, the TV Block function, which is being implemented this week, comes into effect when the user of a stolen TV connects to the internet in order to use it.
Once connected to the internet, the serial number of the TV is identified on the Samsung server and the blocking system is implemented, which disables all the television functions. If a customer’s TV is incorrectly blocked, functionality can be restored once proof of payment and a valid TV license is shared to [email protected].
Source: MSN
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