Long Term Effects of Gizmodo CES Prank

theodp noted that someone from Gizmodo brought a TV-B-Gone to CES and used it to turn off a wall of monitors during demos. Funny yes, it earned him a ban for life and may have repercussions to other bloggers struggling to be treated as equals with traditional journalists in the future. But also this might lead to a future with encryption on remotes.

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Encrypted remotes?

[nurb432]

WTF? all this trouble because they didn't have enough insight to put tape over the IR windows on some tvs?

Tv-B-Gone: Guranteed for next year CES

[cabazorro]

Not only that but It will be some sort of challenge to see who can pull the prank twice. Lashing against those who exploit obvious security holes is an incentive, not at a deterrent. An engineer would just simply shrug off and say: "mm I need to fix that". A sales person will cry foul, wet his/her pants and demand punishment for the prankster.