[HN Gopher] BambuLab new firmware to cut access to third-party A...
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       BambuLab new firmware to cut access to third-party API and tools
        
       Author : dazhbog
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2025-01-19 19:11 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (github.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | daghamm wrote:
       | Saw this on reddit
       | 
       | " My product is the reason Bambu blocked the API"
       | 
       | https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1i4gotq/my_prod...
        
         | junon wrote:
         | I highly doubt this was the reason. There have been a number of
         | Chinese clones of their peripherals that I think they're trying
         | to lock down. This sucks though. Hopefully some good open
         | firmware exists when this eventually bites me.
        
           | daghamm wrote:
           | Well, their private keys have been leaked todays so let's
           | hope we will see some OSS firmware soon.
           | 
           | Current firmware does some dubious things, I would be happy
           | if someone removed that.
        
         | nullc wrote:
         | I think the fact that enough users are using LAN mode and
         | firewalling the printer off that it's less useful as a CCP data
         | theft vector is a more credible explanation.
         | 
         | The new interface code, running on your host computer, is much
         | harder to firewall off than just a whole device.
         | 
         | Bambu's filament offerings are extremely price competitive
         | (except perhaps their PAHT-CF / PPA-CF) and are well liked for
         | their consistency and reliability-- they're not something they
         | need to protect with any kind of lock in... and if they would
         | being able to send to the printer directly from orca/etc.
         | hardly threatens it.
         | 
         | From a lockout perspective the uploader shim won't work
         | anyways, as it will quickly be reverse engineered to extract
         | the certificate. But what it will do is keep most people's
         | prints going through code that can send copies home to China or
         | act as a backdoor to enter interesting systems on a highly
         | targeted basis.
         | 
         | Aside, it's pretty interesting that bambustudio is unusable in
         | qubes, all the GUI dropdowns instantly close when you click on
         | them -- it's literally the only Linux program I've encountered
         | that doesn't work.
        
       | p0w3n3d wrote:
       | Crippling hardware for people using non-original materials is
       | douchebaggery
        
       | michaelcampbell wrote:
       | They seem to be going in quite hard on banning people in both
       | Discord and reddit talking about it, too.
       | 
       | Not a good look.
        
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