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Bambu Lab - Setting the Record Straight About Our Security Update

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Re: Bambu Lab - Setting the Record Straight About Our Security Update

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The list of fake concerns they list are not the real and very valid concerns I have seen. This addresses nothing.

> This addresses nothing.

This does in-fact address quite a bit, because they have change their stance with this update. Previously even LAN only mode required to go via their bambu connect system, now you can switch it to developer mode and talk freely via MQTT to the printer.

Re: Bambu Lab - Setting the Record Straight About Our Security Update

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Meanwhile Jeff Geerling already put a video out on his second channel that he won’t recommend a bambu lab printer anymore although he was happy with his printer. And this update didn’t convince him to change his mind.

“Developer mode” isn’t a solution. You buy hardware and it should work 100% without cloud connectivity. Otherwise it’s not your hardware.

Re: Bambu Lab - Setting the Record Straight About Our Security Update

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post #3

The list of fake concerns they list are not the real and very valid concerns I have seen. This addresses nothing.

> This addresses nothing. This does in-fact address quite a bit, because they have change their stance with this update. Previously even LAN only mode required to go via their bambu connect system, now you can switch it to developer mode and talk freely via MQTT to the printer.

But when you buy the printer you still need to give it internet access / connect via their app, right?

Re: Bambu Lab - Setting the Record Straight About Our Security Update

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I am surprised that the use of a messaging queue through MQTT is considered a misuse of their technology when in reality it appears that the other application just was using an internal API that could change without notice. I also could see how certificate based authentication could be viewed by some as a time based expiration on the firmware.

Re: Bambu Lab - Setting the Record Straight About Our Security Update

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post #3

The list of fake concerns they list are not the real and very valid concerns I have seen. This addresses nothing.

> This addresses nothing. This does in-fact address quite a bit, because they have change their stance with this update. Previously even LAN only mode required to go via their bambu connect system, now you can switch it to developer mode and talk freely via MQTT to the printer.

Didn't we hear this tune from Sony in the Playstation 3 days with Developer mode and then it slowly faded away after a couple years of application/product releases...

Re: Bambu Lab - Setting the Record Straight About Our Security Update

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post #3

The list of fake concerns they list are not the real and very valid concerns I have seen. This addresses nothing.

The main concern that was raised was that you couldn't send print jobs from other slicers anymore, and this article explains why this isn't the case in the section titled "How Bambu Connect Works", taking OrcaSlicer as an example.

How does it not address the concerns of people?

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