• thenewred@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    I’m surprised this isn’t a bigger part of the story.

    Bambu’s authentication is just the client saying “I am Bambu Studio”. The server completely trusts that with no additional authentication.

    It’s like setting up a website with a user login, and if someone puts in “admin” in the username field without a password, the system says “sounds good” and lets you in. And then the website owners getting mad that someone hacked their system.

    Blatant incompetence. I can’t believe they’re using their stupidity as an argument.

    • gian @lemmy.grys.it
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      54 minutes ago

      It’s like setting up a website with a user login, and if someone puts in “admin” in the username field without a password, the system says “sounds good” and lets you in. And then the website owners getting mad that someone hacked their system.

      Blatant incompetence. I can’t believe they’re using their stupidity as an argument.

      You are right, but technically speaking it would be a crime anyway. It is not that if you leave your door open then entering without permissione is not a crime.
      While Bambu Labs obviously is trying to implement some sort of subscribtion model, and they are doing it in a bad faith way, for shitty as the authentication model is it is not an authorization to enter freely.