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D-Link refuses to patch yet another security flaw, suggests users just buy new routers — D-Link told users to replace NAS last week (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 10 hours ago by Xatolos@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] db2@lemmy.world 44 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

all hardware is going to EOL at some point, and at that point, it isn't going to keep getting updates

EOLing hardware should be handled in a better way

Both of these are solved by one thing: open platforms. If I can flash OpenWRT on to an older router then it becomes useful again.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 24 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Bingo.

Either support the device until the heat death of the universe, or provide consumers with the access to maintain it themselves.

[–] Damn990099@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

But neither of those help corporations make them all the money. So we need regulation to force them to.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 1 hour ago

Regulation? I think you mean "guillotines"...

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 7 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Definitely don’t this in the past (Linksys WRT54G!) but let’s be honest, the kind of people running 10yo Dlink routers aren’t going to flash new firmware, let alone OpenWRT or even know to look for it. It would have to come that way from the factory. And even then I doubt most people even do regular updates, sadly.