Some consumer routers (e.g. Amazon eero) have moved to cloud/app config and automatic updates. A read-only partition can bootstrap recovery from cloud, if the

Some consumer routers (e.g. Amazon eero) have moved to cloud/app config and automatic updates. A read-only partition can bootstrap recovery from cloud, if the main firmware or config is damaged. Some updates are possible with live kernel patching of the memory-resident OS, which can also be used by malware.