Blu-ray Update Sent To User Via Credit Card Records

wmoyes writes "Back in September I ran into a Best Buy store to buy a Samsung BD-P2550 Blu-ray player. I didn't give the clerk my name, telephone number, or address, just my debit card. The player has sat happily in my living room without ever being networked or registered. Today I was shocked to find a package waiting for me at home from Best Buy — inside was a firmware update CD for the player. I used to think Windows Update was scary, but Samsung's update service tracked me to my house using the mag stripe from my bank card. Has this happened to any other Blu-ray owners?" Or is there a simpler explanation?

Comments

Do you see the black car parked outside?

[GPLDAN]

The midget in the back seat of the Lincoln crawls in your basement window at night, and takes inventory of your firmware revisions on all your hardware.

He then runs to the forest to find out what updates you might need.

Don't talk to him, it sounds like he's talking backwards.

These updates are scary!

[Cathoderoytube]

A similar thing happened to me. I bought a blu-ray player, then one day I came home and found my house ransacked and my blu-ray player was gone. I'm still waiting for Samsung to send my blu-ray player back with the updates. I don't have any problems with these companies being vigilant about their update services. I just really wish they wouldn't spraypaint swastikas on my furniture.

Re:Customer information sharing

[Shakrai]

Oxymoron.

That's not true. Congress does act. All the time. On really important stuff.