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All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to an expired certificate

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Re: All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to an expired certificate

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Post by kevin_b_er »

whywhywhywhy wrote: post #8
legitster wrote: post #6

They let their certificate expire, essentially bricking all of their devices. And now the app running it won't start, so they can't push an update. Just recently picked up a Rift. I love the hardware and their exclusives are top notch, but this confirms my suspicions that their backend is super goofy. They sell Rifts at Best Buy and want to pretend that it's a consumer-ready product, but here's why I am recommending…

> essentially bricking It's not bricked, bricking means it's as useful as a brick as in the actual firmware is corrupted beyond repair.

It will be as useful as a brick if nothing can connect to the headset because it requires a signed communication DLL with a built-in obsolescence timer that must be continually refreshed by the company.

Re: All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to an expired certificate

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Post by m_fayer »

yobrien wrote: post #3
m_fayer wrote: post #2

I borrow the office Rift every couple of months to play around for a weekend and see how the field is progressing. Unfortunately what I've mostly seen is a bunch of regressions, technical and ux, as they update their platform.

The new home 2.0 and especially Dash are leaps and bounds above what home was like before I think. You do have to enable it (still beta) but I think it'll be really nice once it's finally released.

I had to leave the beta channel to get the device functional after a recent update. Some kind of error loop about "a recent update has not finished installing."

Re: All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to an expired certificate

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Post by aphextron »

StavrosK wrote: post #15

Why is it possible for a device that is basically a display to stop working because a certificate expired? This future worries me.

>Why is it possible for a device that is basically a display to stop working because a certificate expired?

Because Mark Zuckerberg said so, that’s why.

Re: All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to an expired certificate

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Post by rb808 »

Has anyone got a good way of managing certificates in the wild? With no real management and staff turnover I've seen a bunch of expired certificate problems.

EDIT: presumably you need your client apps/libraries in the field write back when they use a cert that is <X months away from expiry.

Re: All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to an expired certificate

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Post by omegaworks »

aphextron wrote: post #16
StavrosK wrote: post #15

Why is it possible for a device that is basically a display to stop working because a certificate expired? This future worries me.

>Why is it possible for a device that is basically a display to stop working because a certificate expired? Because Mark Zuckerberg said so, that’s why.

Ah, what a world we've made...

More relevant by the day: http://locusmag.com/2018/03/cory-doctorow-lets-get-better-at...

Re: All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to an expired certificate

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Post by tritium »

Beside the fact that you should be concerned about whether the controlling company goes out of business, or sells your data, here stands yet another reason to never trust devices that require an internet connection to activate in the first place, or phone home periodically to remain active.

This includes phones, cars, self-driving cars, watches, farm equipment, computing devices and anything marketed as an IoT appliance.

One glitch, as minor as an improper system time, and you’re dead in the water.

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