Spotify Car Thing: Difference between revisions

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|incidents_1_title=Production discontinued

|incidents_1_date=July 27, 2022

|incidents_1_text=Production of the Car Thing is quietly halted due to poor sales <ref>https://archive.is/Lodo1</ref>.

|incidents_1_text=Production of the Car Thing is quietly halted due to poor sales.<ref>[https://archive.is/Lodo1 "What Happened to Spotify’s Car Thing? Spotify Exits Hardware"] - archive.is - archived 2025-01-28</ref>

|incidents_2_title=Price reduced from $89.99 to $29.99

|incidents_2_date=August 20, 2022

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|incidents_3_title=Root access in the SCT is cracked by Security researchers

|incidents_3_date=October 20, 2022

|incidents_3_text=Root access was gained on the SCT through local means.<ref name=":0">[https://archive.is/WFjUd Spotify Car Thing] - Root and Custom OS toolkit - archive.is - accessed 2025-01-28</ref> While this is damning for the SCT's security it was not significant to consumer security, it merely gave consumers the ability to repurpose the device by uploading their own software. There is a risk that resold SCTs could contain malware but this is an unlikely target. Spotify's response to the exploit was "that the product is unsupported, and end-of-life, and therefore no bugs would be accepted pertaining to the product" <ref name=":0" /> which is actually the first time Spotify officially announced the discontinuation. The bypass guide is available [https://github.com/oddsolutions/superbird-bulkcmd | here]

|incidents_3_text=Root access was gained on the SCT through local means.<ref name=":0">[https://archive.is/WFjUd "Spotify Car Thing - Root and Custom OS toolkit"] - archive.is - accessed 2025-01-28</ref> While this is damning for the SCT's security it was not significant to consumer security, it merely gave consumers the ability to repurpose the device by uploading their own software. There is a risk that resold SCTs could contain malware but this is an unlikely target. Spotify's response to the exploit was "that the product is unsupported, and end-of-life, and therefore no bugs would be accepted pertaining to the product" <ref name=":0" /> which is actually the first time Spotify officially announced the discontinuation. The bypass guide is available [https://github.com/oddsolutions/superbird-bulkcmd | here]

|incidents_4_title=Total discontinuation announced

|incidents_4_date=May 23, 2024

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 |incidents_1_title=Production discontinued
 |incidents_1_date=July 27, 2022
-|incidents_1_text=Production of the Car Thing is quietly halted due to poor sales <ref>https://archive.is/Lodo1</ref>.
+|incidents_1_text=Production of the Car Thing is quietly halted due to poor sales.<ref>[https://archive.is/Lodo1 "What Happened to Spotify’s Car Thing? Spotify Exits Hardware"] - archive.is - archived 2025-01-28</ref>
 |incidents_2_title=Price reduced from $89.99 to $29.99
 |incidents_2_date=August 20, 2022
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 |incidents_3_title=Root access in the SCT is cracked by Security researchers
 |incidents_3_date=October 20, 2022
-|incidents_3_text=Root access was gained on the SCT through local means.<ref name=":0">[https://archive.is/WFjUd Spotify Car Thing] - Root and Custom OS toolkit - archive.is - accessed 2025-01-28</ref> While this is damning for the SCT's security it was not significant to consumer security, it merely gave consumers the ability to repurpose the device by uploading their own software. There is a risk that resold SCTs could contain malware but this is an unlikely target. Spotify's response to the exploit was "that the product is unsupported, and end-of-life, and therefore no bugs would be accepted pertaining to the product" <ref name=":0" /> which is actually the first time Spotify officially announced the discontinuation. The bypass guide is available [https://github.com/oddsolutions/superbird-bulkcmd | here]
+|incidents_3_text=Root access was gained on the SCT through local means.<ref name=":0">[https://archive.is/WFjUd "Spotify Car Thing - Root and Custom OS toolkit"] - archive.is - accessed 2025-01-28</ref> While this is damning for the SCT's security it was not significant to consumer security, it merely gave consumers the ability to repurpose the device by uploading their own software. There is a risk that resold SCTs could contain malware but this is an unlikely target. Spotify's response to the exploit was "that the product is unsupported, and end-of-life, and therefore no bugs would be accepted pertaining to the product" <ref name=":0" /> which is actually the first time Spotify officially announced the discontinuation. The bypass guide is available [https://github.com/oddsolutions/superbird-bulkcmd | here]
 |incidents_4_title=Total discontinuation announced
 |incidents_4_date=May 23, 2024