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"we have identified an interoperability issue [..] in which random temporary radio traffic disruptions are incorrectly recognized as legacy switch power toggles"

Yeah right, this is some nice BS. These lamps are driven by Zigbee, Please explain to me how "random radio traffic disruptions" are able to disrupt a protocol that has built in proper AES-128 encryption.

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> Please explain to me how "random radio traffic disruptions" are able to disrupt a protocol that has built in proper AES-128 encryption.

Radio traffic disruption, not data manipulation. Like when your network hub stops working or someone is using a microwave in the next room, for example. Most zigbee devices are transmitting in the 2.4Ghz band, which makes them very susceptible to being drowned out by EMI.

Sure, so this clearly disrupts the transmission. But since there is strong encryption and authentication used in the Zigbee protocol, the chance of a mangled frame ending up at higher level in the protocol stack is approximately zero - anything messing up the frames will invalidate any hash so the receiver will discard these frames.

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