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[RTTY] FTDI Secret Update BRICKS users counterfeit chips

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Subject: [RTTY] FTDI Secret Update BRICKS users counterfeit chips
From: Ben Antanaitis - WB2RHM <wb2rhm@wb2rhm.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:35:21 -0400
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ALERT!

ALL............ FTDI admitted that some devices USB to Serial, UART, etc chips bearing the FTDI logo were counterfeits....... and a recent Windows driver update REPROGRAMS the USERS device..... TURNING IT INTO A BRICK!!!!!!!! We aren't talking about the PROLIFIC driver that just warned the user of a conterfeit chip and DID NOT DESTROY it, BUT FTDI deliberately BRICKING the device by reprogramming it. Beware of updates bearing gifts.......

http://www.zdnet.com/ftdi-admits-to-bricking-innocent-users-chips-in-silent-update-7000035019/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61

73,

Ben - WB2RHM




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