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04-05-2017, 10:22 PM
Guy leaves bad comment about his smart garage door opener, gets his device disabled
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If you're happily plunging into the world of smart home appliances, take heed: These devices can sometimes be remotely disabled, and something as easy as getting in or out of your own garage can suddenly become a problem.*
Or at least that's exactly what apparently happened to a customer of Garadget (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/garadget-app-smartphone#/), a smart, connected garage door opener. When the customer, identified as Robert Martin on Amazon, left a few bad reviews about his new Garadget, he got banned from using the product instead of getting technical help for the device.
SEE ALSO: New low-power chips could put voice control everywhere (http://mashable.com/2017/02/14/mit-voice-recognition-chips/)
Martin left an angry, 1-star review on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Garadget-Remotely-Existing-Smartphone-Automation/product-reviews/B01KUZ2JPS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_hist_1?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=avp_only_reviews&filterByStar=one_star&pageNumber=1&pldnSite=1) on Saturday, complaining about the iPhone app that controls Garadget. He also complained on Garadget's forums (http://community.garadget.com/t/iphone-app-will-**t-stay-open-just-flashes-when-trying-to-launch/1706), calling the product a "piece of shit." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/garadget-bad-review-bricked/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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If you're happily plunging into the world of smart home appliances, take heed: These devices can sometimes be remotely disabled, and something as easy as getting in or out of your own garage can suddenly become a problem.*
Or at least that's exactly what apparently happened to a customer of Garadget (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/garadget-app-smartphone#/), a smart, connected garage door opener. When the customer, identified as Robert Martin on Amazon, left a few bad reviews about his new Garadget, he got banned from using the product instead of getting technical help for the device.
SEE ALSO: New low-power chips could put voice control everywhere (http://mashable.com/2017/02/14/mit-voice-recognition-chips/)
Martin left an angry, 1-star review on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Garadget-Remotely-Existing-Smartphone-Automation/product-reviews/B01KUZ2JPS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_hist_1?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=avp_only_reviews&filterByStar=one_star&pageNumber=1&pldnSite=1) on Saturday, complaining about the iPhone app that controls Garadget. He also complained on Garadget's forums (http://community.garadget.com/t/iphone-app-will-**t-stay-open-just-flashes-when-trying-to-launch/1706), calling the product a "piece of shit." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/garadget-bad-review-bricked/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Iot (http://mashable.com/category/iot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Internet Of Things (http://mashable.com/category/internet-of-things/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Garadget (http://mashable.com/category/garadget/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tech (http://mashable.com/tech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Gadgets (http://mashable.com/gadgets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/7A7PozuiHpo