[rando3826]

And of course vendors still need to update the software, so people will just hack that method. Of course you will be violating the DMCA anti-circumvention statue, so it will be a felony. Not to mention this sounds like effectively mandating tivoization which would prevent them from shipping gplv3 code.

[iwwr]

Vendors having to come up with an actually secure remote update procedure (rather than ad-hoc secret protocols and "factory passwords")? This is beyond the "greats" like Samsung or LG even.