Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Bambu Lab’s recent security update blog posts have attracted a lot of negative attention. Some of it is justified, and some is pure fear mongering. In this video, I give my take on the situation after speaking to many people to get a range of perspectives. As always, the truth seems to be somewhere in the middle.

If the situation changes, I will update accordingly.

0:00 Introduction

0:42 I was having such a nice holiday..

1:11 Bambu Lab’s blog posts and fallout
Firmware Update Introducing New Authorization Control System blog post: blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2
Updates and Third-Party Integration with Bambu Connect blog post: blog.bambulab.com/updates-and-third-party-integration-with-bambu-connect
Panda Touch video: youtu.be/yEAq1Bnb1I8
Bambu Lab X1plus and 3rd party API blog post: blog.bambulab.com/rooted-the-good-the-bad-and-freedom-of-choice
BTT video on the future of the Panda Touch: youtube.com/watch?v=UVujRmmHbyU

3:26 Context: Enshitfication
Enshitification wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
HP subscription article: pcworld.com/article/2251993/the-nightmare-is-real-hp-makes-printing-a-subscription.html
Hyundai subscription article: motor1.com/news/718869/hyundai-in-car-features-subscription
Uncle Jessy video: youtube.com/watch?v=8vNEEhfZdN8
Hackaday XYZ Printing firmware: hackaday.com/2014/05/11/unbricking-the-da-vinci-and-installing-custom-firmware

4:50 Context: The maker community
RepRap wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepRap
PolyDye video: youtu.be/J1wz8S9rTI8

6:21 Context: Bambu Lab is a Chinese company
Prusa Core One blog: blog.prusa3d.com/introducing-prusa-core-one-fully-enclosed-corexy-3d-printer-with-active-temperature-control_105477

7:10 Confirmed impacts
MQTT wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQTT
Panda Touch video: youtu.be/yEAq1Bnb1I8
Xtouch video: youtu.be/7Av64TRznlI
Bambu Farm wiki: wiki.bambulab.com/zh/software/bambu-farm-faq-troubleshoot

9:17 Speculative impacts
Oauth 2.0: auth0.com/intro-to-iam/what-is-oauth-2
Hackaday article on Bambu Connect: hackaday.com/2025/01/19/bambu-connects-authentication-x-509-certificate-and-private-key-extracted
Farm Manager wiki: wiki.bambulab.com/zh/software/bambu-farm-faq-troubleshoot
Car subscription article: carbuzz.com/consumer-backlash-subscription-model
DJI Care Refresh program: dji.com/au/support/service/djicare-refresh
Terms of Service: bambulab.com/en-us/policies/terms
Bambu Lab patents: patents.google.com/?q=("Shenzhen%2bTuozhu%2bTechnology")&oq="Shenzhen%2bTuozhu%2bTechnology"

12:24 Poor communication
Bambu Lab abnormal traffic: wiki.bambulab.com/en/security-incidents-cloud-traffic
Cloud outage blog post: blog.bambulab.com/cloud-temporary-outage-investigation

13:23 What I will be doing moving forward
SoftFever’s response: github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/pull/8103
How to install X1Plus video: youtu.be/39UJQnr2Iko

14:24 Conclusion

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