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[US] FTC urges smart device makers to disclose software update lifecycles (www.theregister.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Lolol

New FTC (circa Jan 20) will require that you buy a new device each time you want a software update.

Don't want to? Welp donnie and his cronies are gonna spread zero-day exploits on the internet. Only the rich gets to have a malware-free device.

[โ€“] Alphane_Moon 1 points 3 days ago

New FTC (circa Jan 20) will require that you buy a new device each time you want a software update.

You're joking, but it's not unreasonable to assume an oligarch-run regime (nothing to do with US or Trump specifically) is going to leverge its power to get kickbacks and benefits for their own gang and partner gangs.