Ownership transfer without permission

[PhAntAsmx11]

Hello,

One of our particle photon controllers that was bought and claimed by us, after sending it to a client to monitor and collect data from it’s connected system, controller has been reclaimed without our permission/release, how is this possible?

[kennethlimcp]

@zachary

[zachary]

Hi @PhAntAsmx11 and thanks for the ping @kennethlimcp.

There's a good answer to this question here:

[Security Risk] Able to Claim Pre-claimed Photon/P1s Without Owner Permission

Great question @bing1106, but @ScruffR is correct, this was a very intentional decision. With the Core, the inability to transfer device ownership caused huge pains for users and for us internally. We made the decision when moving to the Broadcom architecture and soft AP setup that physical access equals virtual access. This means, for instance, that if you lend a Photon to your friend, she can claim it and use it, and when she gives it back to you, you can claim it and use it, all w…

Let me know if you have further questions. Happy to help.