content: Dangers of Windows Windows 10 update: Bricking you PC. I have no doubt anymore that a couple of days ago a Windows 10 update bricked my PC by damaging my BIOS. People are not aware what FTDI is, but it is basically used in lots of electronics that gets connected to. FTDI apparently decided to brick counterfeit FTDI chips. The thing is that one of these fake FTDI chips could have ended up in your printer, headphones, keyboard, mouse, webcam....  So a forced Windows 10 update could cripple you hardware. Imagine that this equipment is some medical device. The creepy thing is that FTDI did not try to cripple your chip once but has been caught a second time. So there is no doubt that they will try a 3rd time. Links: FTDI backed down from their ‘intentional bricking’ stance, and Microsoft removed the driver responsible with a Windows update. Still, the potential for medical and industrial devices to fail because of a random driver update was very real. FTDI Drivers Break Fake Chips, Again: http://hackaday.com/2016/02/01/ftdi-drivers-break-fake-chips-again/ Investigation: FTDIgate & Fake/Counterfeit USB to Serial Chips : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6LDm2BH_kk EEVblog #676 - RANT: FTDI Bricking Counterfeit Chips! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU66as4Bbds Windows 10 update bricked my Computer: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/microsoft-support-windows-10-help