https://bounties.fulu.org/bounties/samsung-familyhub-refrigerators

Louis Rossman’s Fulu Foundation has a few bounties available to to those who are able to come up with methods for removing ads from your fridge, making the Xbox Series X repairable, getting the Nest 1&2 to work with Home Assistant, etc.

More details here: https://bounties.fulu.org/

  • Sandbar_Trekker@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Following up on this. I sent an email out to the team and got a response already.

    To summarize, they would rather the solution work through updates for security fixes, but they were willing to compromise if automatic updates were disabled with the option for users to manually update somehow:

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    Initial email:

    Hi,

    Just a quick question about this point in the bounty:

    - Restore the fridge to its original functionality, by removing any possibility of adverts being presented on the display (all other smart features must be retained)

    When you say, “all other smart features must be retained” does this mean that the solution must retain the ability to allow the fridge to automatically update its firmware if Samsung pushes out a future update?

    Would it be okay if, instead, we disabled the automatic update but still allowed the end user to manually update if they really wanted to?

    Or would it be okay if the end user could just reapply the solution after an official firmware update?

    Thanks,
    <Redacted>

    Response:

    Hey <Redacted>,

    Just chatted with the team, and we think it would be better for it to have updates, and optional ones sounds like a sensible compromise. We don’t want to sacrifice security for control. I hope that answers your question. Thanks!