Could there be something inside your Sony TV programmed or laptop to break the device when the warranty expires? It may sound as a conspiracy theory not far off those involving the mysterious deaths of engineers, but it is a theory that continues to persist to some degree in Japan and seems to have grown even in recent years.
Telegraph.co.uk reports: the belief in a “kill switch” or secret timer has been around for the nearly 20 years or so, but it took on some newfound momentum amid the rash of Sony laptop battery failures, that prompted some Sony execs to deny publicly that such a switch exists.
Apparently, the kill switch is not completely pervasive though, as the PlayStation 3 is “exempt,” thereby explaining its considerable success in Japan although there is some talk that is because it is a Trojan horse for the next big scheme of Sony: mind control disguised as 3D glasses.
