{"id":226199,"date":"2010-01-25T11:48:23","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T16:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/?p=5344"},"modified":"2010-01-25T11:48:23","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T16:48:23","slug":"the-myth-of-the-sony-%e2%80%98kill-switch%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/226199","title":{"rendered":"The Myth of the Sony \u2018Kill Switch\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

From The Telegraph<\/a>:\"\"<\/p>\n

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For nearly 20 years Sony in Japan has been plagued by the myth of the \u201cSony Timer\u201d \u2013 but is there really a kill-switch that destroys your device just after its warranty runs out? Many Japanese genuinely believe that there is.<\/p>\n

It was the recall of more than 4.1 million Dell laptops containing faulty Sony batteries in 2006 that jump-started a rumour that has been around for decades. From 1980 to 2006 geeks and tech-obsessed Japanese had joked about the existence of the timer, creating sarcastic manga and venting anger through online forums. But the Dell recall launched the urban legend into the public eye and angry Sony sufferers jumped at the chance to denounce the company.<\/p>\n

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The mass spontaneous combustion of those batteries damaged Sony\u2019s reputation in Japan enormously. For a nation proud of their technological innovations, burning laptops and the biggest product recall in history were not exactly easy to deal with. Since then rumours have continued to fly across the internet<\/a> about the existence of the timers. Sony itself is well aware of the urban legend \u2013 its current Vice Chairman Ryoji Chubachi mentioned it in public back in 2007.<\/p>\n

But a Sony executive in 2006 had already stirred rumours when he mentioned the timers in a talk at a major technology event. He insisted that it was totally absurd and explained that the company was making every effort to dispel the myth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[Read more at The Telegraph<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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