• Noxy
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    7813 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      2413 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.

      • @[email protected]
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        512 days ago

        Time to DIY.

        I use a regular Linux system and set stuff up manually, but there are options that do more out of the box if you don’t know how (and don’t want to learn) to DIY the software.

        • @[email protected]
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          312 days ago

          I’m working on that. I have little previous experience with Linux and self hosting but I’m slowly making progress. I now have switched my gaming PC over to Linux almost full time. I know I can switch to Jellyfin for video streaming but it’s been a lower priority to figure out compared with other services I’m trying to understand how to self host.

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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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        1213 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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          12 days ago

          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!

          • nickwitha_k (he/him)
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            112 days ago

            Printer manufacturers: Of course your printers need to be connected to the Internet… For… Reasons…