SecuRepairs Celebrates Huge Win for Right To Repair in Massachusetts

SecuRepairs congratulates voters in Massachusetts on Tuesday for overwhelming approving Question 1, a ballot measure that makes wireless vehicle maintenance…

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Op-Ed SecuRepairs Supports Massachusetts Question 1

Our group, SecuRepairs, represents some of the world’s top information security experts. We’re writing to urge readers to see past these industry scare tactics and VOTE YES ON #1. In our professional opinions, this small expansion to the state’s right to repair law in no way increases the risk of identity theft, cyber stalking or vehicle hacking.

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Video: Securing the Long Now: Digital Right to Repair and the IoT Panel

If you’ve been looking for a concise discussion of the issues surrounding a digital right to repair and the Internet…

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Testimony: Tarah Wheeler, New America

On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, SecuRepairs member Tarah Wheeler was among those who appeared before a Washington State Senate Committee considering a bill to establish a digital “right to repair” in that state. This is her testimony.

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Testimony: Owen Rubel

Owen Rubel of SecuRepairs testified that there is no unacceptable danger to repairing electronic devices and that repair is critical to fostering creativity and ingenuity in future generations.

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Yes, Sonos’s Planned Obsolescence poses a Security Risk

The luxury, smart speaker maker Sonos incurred the wrath of longtime customers this week when it announced that it will…

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Securing a Right to Repair: Looking Back at our First Year

Eight months after our official launch, SecuRepairs has notched impressive gains in our advocacy for a digital right to repair with more than 140 members, participation in an FTC Workshop, a panel at DEFCON and testimony before state legislators. A state-by-state battle to win a digital right to repair lies ahead of us in 2020.

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Right to Repair and Securepairs on the Agenda at DEF CON 27!

Securepairs will take part in this year’s DEF CON 27 as part of a panel discussion at DEF CON’s Ethics…

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Securepairs on Agenda at FTC’s Nixing the Fix Workshop

Securepairs will take part in next week’s Nixing the Fix Workshop, hosted by the Federal Trade Commission in Washington D.C.…

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Microsoft tells FTC Repair poses a Cyber Risk. It doesn’t.

In comments submitted to the Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft Corp. is arguing that repairing its devices could jeopardize the cyber security of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security chip. Don’t believe them.

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