FTDI stops disabling devices with fake chips
Scottish electronics firm FTDI has backed down from a controversial scheme to use a Windows software update to ‘brick’ devices with counterfeit chips.
The Glasgow-based company – which manufactures a USB-to-serial bridge chipset (FT232) used in many electronic devices – included a new driver in a Windows software update that deactivated the chip by setting its ID code to zero if it was found to be fake.
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