News and Research articles on Bricking | Internet Policy Review
Regulation through “bricking”: private ordering in the “Internet of Things”
Natasha Tusikov, York University
PUBLISHED ON: 18 Jun 2019
DOI: 10.14763/2019.2.1405
Manufacturers of “smart goods” can remotely alter or destroy software-enabled devices to further their corporate interests, a form of post-purchase control termed “bricking”.