• irotsoma@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    But even the car thing is not the responsibility of the manufacturer to fix. It’s the owner’s responsibility and only of they actually are using it.

    If companies have to update all products to keep up with modern safety standards, it would mean no new products would ever be made and the products would be exceptionally expensive since you’d only buy them once. That’s not the type of economic system we live in.

    And no, a router that is defective is not going to tank the digital economy just because the manufacturer doesn’t fix it. Definitely not a d-link product. That’s why enterprise grade commercial products are so much more expensive. They are designed for longer life. If that’s what you want, then buy a commercial product and pay the company a subscription fee for support or warrantee in cases like this.

    • wholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 hours ago

      Except devices, specifically quoting routers, Do make up bot nets

      That’s the specfici malware used on unsecured IoT devices and routers.

      I was able to find tons of scholarly articles Like this one

      That specifically talk about how many of these devices get comprised.

      This isn’t some theoretical attack vector. This is active now.