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==='''Remote Product Disabling on Backend System Error'''=== | ==='''Remote Product Disabling on Backend System Error'''=== | ||
In July 2020, the electricunicycle.org the only international global hub for EUC related commiunication was flooded with users '''reporting their KingSong wheels being locked'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=null |date=2020-07-01 |title=KingSong is bricking wheels on purpose. Dont use their apps. |url= | In July 2020, the electricunicycle.org the only international global hub for EUC related commiunication was flooded with users '''reporting their KingSong wheels being locked'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=null |date=2020-07-01 |title=KingSong is bricking wheels on purpose. Dont use their apps. |url=https://forum.electricunicycle.org/topic/18928-kingsong-is-bricking-wheels-on-purpose-dont-use-their-apps/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523043210/https://forum.electricunicycle.org/topic/18928-kingsong-is-bricking-wheels-on-purpose-dont-use-their-apps/ |archive-date=2022-05-23 |access-date=2025-09-02 |website=forum.electricunicycle.org}}</ref> and don't work anymore. As admitted by their official representative and spoke person Jack Hsu<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hsu |first=Jack |title=official facebook page |url=https://www.facebook.com/frostshake/about_work_and_education |url-status=live}}</ref>, The company's own official statement, the locked wheels were not due to a user error or a specific product fault, but rather an issue with their "updated backend systems." This indicates that the company's central server or software had a bug that directly impacted and disabled a physical product in the field. | ||
'''Remote Product Disabling.''' The company, King Song, possesses the ability to remotely "lock" or disable the wheels of their electric unicycles. This level of control, exercised by a manufacturer over a product that has been sold and is owned by a consumer, is a critical issue. '''''It gives the company the power to render a customer's property unusable, which raises questions about true ownership.''''' | '''Remote Product Disabling.''' The company, King Song, possesses the ability to remotely "lock" or disable the wheels of their electric unicycles. This level of control, exercised by a manufacturer over a product that has been sold and is owned by a consumer, is a critical issue. '''''It gives the company the power to render a customer's property unusable, which raises questions about true ownership.''''' | ||