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I think their answer would be "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few"... And to flip that argument again - would you prefer your device to be bri

by anon4 11y ago

I think their answer would be "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few"... And to flip that argument again - would you prefer your device to be bricked by someone trying to run a webserver serving child pornography, or by someone trying to protect you from the first?

ethbro 11y ago
Aka the "yelling 'Fire!' in a crowded movie theater is not free speech" exception. It's good for the guy who wants to yell "Fire", but is it good for the majority? If you patch routers and 1% get bricked by some fluke, is that not a win for society? Also, to rebut the "How dare you change the firmware on my router without my consent?!" point, let's not forget these were essentially unprotected routers at this point in the applied_patch vs known_vulnerability cycle. If you don't want anyone patching your router without your permission... SECURE YOUR OWN PROPERTY. If I leave something on the sidewalk, I don't get angry when people cart it off / step on it. I especially don't get angry when they glue the broken bits back together and leave it on my doorstep with a note saying "We noticed this was broken. Superglue works wonders! Here's the number for a hardware store where you can buy it."