Secure Repairs

A Right to Repair Isn’t a Cyber Risk. It’s a Cyber Imperative! Colorado is the only state with a strong Right to Repair business to business technology. In this podcast, learn why servicing and repairing business technology is crucial for cyber security and resilience. Tune into our podcast with industry experts Billy Rios and Andrew Brand, along with Danny Katz of Colorado PIRG.

A Right to Repair Isn’t a Cyber Risk. It’s a Cyber Imperative!

Colorado is the only state with a strong Right to Repair business to business technology. In this podcast, learn why servicing and repairing business technology is crucial for cyber security and resilience. Tune into our podcast with…

CES is upon us. And its time for the annual CES Worst In Show Awards. For the 5th year, @securepairs.bsky.social chose the worst in show for cyber. The winner: Merach, and their Ultra Tread AI-powered treadmill. Why Merach? The company’s privacy policy says it all: securepairs.org/ces-ai-power...

CES: AI-Powered Exercise Equipment Wins “Worst In Show” For Cybersecurity It’s January and that means one thing: the CES Worst In Show awards. If you’re not hip to Worst In Show, its an effort by those of us who care about things like consumer rights, cybersecurity and sustainability to pull back the covers a bit on firehose of glowing press releases and “cool new technology” unveiling that happens every January at the…

CES: AI-Powered Exercise Equipment Wins “Worst In Show” For Cybersecurity

It’s January and that means one thing: the CES Worst In Show awards. If you’re not hip to Worst In Show, its an effort by those of us who care about things like consumer rights, cybersecurity and sustainability to pull back…

Secure Repairs Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Massachusetts Vehicle Right to Repair Law FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Boston, MA — November 9, 2025 — Secure Repairs, a coalition of more than 400 cybersecurity professionals advocating for the right to repair, has joined leading organizations in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to affirm a February, 2025 ruling by a district court judge that rejected efforts by the auto industry to declare Massachusetts’s 2020 Right-to-Repair law a violation of federal authority.

Secure Repairs joined leading organizations in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to affirm a February, 2025 district court ruling upholding Massachusetts automotive right to repair law's granting of owner access to telematics data needed for repairs.

Right to Repair is on a roll! The push for pro-repair laws, has spread to all 50 states. Also: Humane sold a $700 #AI powered pin, then bricked it. A hack by owners may keep it working. #RighttoRepair news from WIRED, The Verge, iFixit, Digital Journal & more: open.substack.com/pub/fighttor...

Statement on Ruling Upholding Massachusetts Auto Right to Repair Law Secure Repairs, an organization of cyber professionals that support the right to repair, applauded a ruling by a federal court in Massachusetts upholding the state's automotive right to repair law. Secure Repairs member Craig Smith provided expert testimony in the case in support of the law.

Statement on Ruling Upholding Massachusetts Auto Right to Repair Law

Secure Repairs, an organization of cyber professionals that support the right to repair, applauded a ruling by a federal court in Massachusetts upholding the state's automotive right to repair law. Secure Repairs member Craig…

Federal judge upholds Massachusetts automotive right-to-repair law - The Boston Globe Automakers quickly said they may appeal the decision to a higher court, which means the legal wrangling could continue.

Victory at long (long!) last: a federal judge has rejected an auto industry lawsuit that challenged the 2020 ballot measure expanding Massachusetts automotive #righttorepair law. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/11/b...

Another looming crisis related to the #righttorepair: bricked and abandoned devices. Check out this @consumerreports.org survey of more than 2,000 consumers about manufacturers' support for the software that runs smart devices.

Medical Device Company Tells Hospitals They're No Longer Allowed to Fix Machine That Costs Six Figures Hospitals are increasingly being forced into maintenance contracts with device manufacturers, driving up costs.

Medical device manufacturers have fought #righttorepair laws with great success - winning carve outs in every state law that has passed. What's the price of that? Well... this: www.404media.co/email/6eaf73...

CES: TP-Link Earns The Worst In Show For Cyber Secure Repairs had the honor (?) of awarding the CES Worst In Show for cybersecurity at this year's ceremony. The winner: Chinese SOHO router giant TP-Link.

The CES Worst In Show Awards are out, and Secure Repairs was asked to award the worst in show for cybersecurity. The winner (?) TP-Link. Read on to learn why.

End of (Emotional) Support: $800 Smart Toy Bricked After Manufacturer Ceases Operations Embodied, which makes the Moxie emotional support robot for kids, said it is shutting down, rendering its robots inoperable. Also: industry groups urge Trump to cancel right to repair.

End of (Emotional) Support: $800 Smart Toy Bricked After Manufacturer Ceases Operations
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A $50 Billion Question: Will Trump 2.0 Help Or Hurt The Right To Repair? Will Trump 2.0 help or hinder the right to repair movement? New documentaries on Netflix and YouTube call out a booming culture of waste and planned obsolescence.

This week: will Trump 2.0 help or hinder the right to repair? Also: Netflix's #BuyNow highlights the fight for a right to repair. 🛠️ And #righttorepair news from @techdirt.com.web.brid.gy , @ifixithq.bsky.social @forbes.com, @timesofindia.bsky.social and more!
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Oh, Canada! Copyright Act Changes Are A Big Win For Right to Repair With a vote by Parliament (and a nod from King Charles ??!) Canada took a big step ahead of the U.S. as a pro-repair economy. Also: cracked your Pixel 9 Fold's screen? Get your wallet out.

This week: Canada took a big step ahead of the U.S. as a pro-repair economy. Also: cracked your Pixel 9 Fold's screen? Get your wallet out. #righttorepair news from @theconversation.bsky.social @eff.org @investigatemidwest.bsky.social and more.
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Check out the latest news headlines from the front lines of the fight for the #righttorepair!

Security Experts Unite Over the Right to Repair Securepairs.org is pushing back against a tech industry that wants independent repair legislation to be scary.

Hey everyone! Secure Repairs is now live on BSKY. To learn more about us, check out this profile in Wired or visit our website at securepairs.org. www.wired.com/story/right-...