Sennheiser headphone software installing root certificates onto users computers [pdf]

From smart TVs to this. How awful.<p>Software is eating perfectly good peripherals and _totally_ ruining them.

Why the hell would a headphone need software?

Something has gone wrong when you’re installing drivers for headphones.

I always avoid any crap software that comes with accessories like this. This is why going away from 3.1mm audio jack was a loss.

This is still bad, but it is important to note this is for a SDK.

I bought some wireless USB headphones from Corsair. The software takes 300mb of disk space. Why?

It looks like this is software for headsets to be used with softphones, not headphones.

Earlier discussion still on front page:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=18550760" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=18550760</a>

WTF?<p>That said, why does the OS allow installing a CA cert without requiring explicit confirmation from the user?