• Noxy
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    5213 days ago

    These motherfuckers are actively making tech as a whole less secure by destroying any trust the public may have had in firmware updates.

    Urgent security fixes are gonna go unpatched on a lot of shit because consumers are seeing more and more firmware or software updates actively making things WORSE.

    • @SacralPlexus@lemmy.world
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      1213 days ago

      Definitely true. I’ve been putting off an upgrade of my NAS because they have randomly decided to completely remove the video streaming software that came with it when I bought it. So infuriating.

    • @btaf45@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      Urgent security fixes are gonna go unpatched

      I don’t understand why a printer would ever need an “urgent security fix”. Or a software update for that matter.

      • 大きいBOY
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        713 days ago

        … Because products can contain security exploits, and if not patched could leave homes and businesses vulnerable.

        This shouldn’t need to be explained, but here we are.

        • ✺roguetrick✺
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          The fun part is the security exploits often come from things like DRM ink cartridges that allows an attack to come from the goddamn cartridge!

          Wouldn’t be a problem if you didn’t include a serial connection to the cartridge in the first place!