A sensible look at the Bambu Lab drama

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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: https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-up...
Updates and Third-Party Integration with Bambu Connect blog post: https://blog.bambulab.com/updates-and...
Panda Touch video:    • BTT Panda Touch - Convenient and Powerful,...  
Bambu Lab X1plus and 3rd party API blog post: https://blog.bambulab.com/rooted-the-...
BTT video on the future of the Panda Touch:    • An important Panda Touch update  

3:26 Context: Enshitfication
Enshitification wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshitt...
HP subscription article: https://www.pcworld.com/article/22519...
Hyundai subscription article: https://www.motor1.com/news/718869/hy...
Uncle Jessy video:    • Bambu Lab - Perfecting What Makerbot Start...  
Hackaday XYZ Printing firmware: https://hackaday.com/2014/05/11/unbri...

4:50 Context: The maker community
RepRap wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepRap
PolyDye video:    • Full colour 3D printing at home with PolyD...  

6:21 Context: Bambu Lab is a Chinese company
Prusa Core One blog: https://blog.prusa3d.com/introducing-...

7:10 Confirmed impacts
MQTT wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MQTT
Panda Touch video:    • BTT Panda Touch - Convenient and Powerful,...  
Xtouch video:    • xtouch Bambu Lab P1P/P1S touch screen upgr...  
Bambu Farm wiki: https://wiki.bambulab.com/zh/software...

9:17 Speculative impacts
Oauth 2.0: https://auth0.com/intro-to-iam/what-i...
Hackaday article on Bambu Connect: https://hackaday.com/2025/01/19/bambu...
Farm Manager wiki: https://wiki.bambulab.com/zh/software...
Car subscription article: https://carbuzz.com/consumer-backlash...
DJI Care Refresh program: https://www.dji.com/au/support/servic...
Terms of Service: https://bambulab.com/en-us/policies/t...
Bambu Lab patents: https://patents.google.com/?q=("Shenzhen%2bTuozhu%2bTechnology")&oq="Shenzhen%2bTuozhu%2bTechnology"

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

13:23 What I will be doing moving forward
SoftFever’s response: https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlic...
How to install X1Plus video:    • How to install X1Plus community firmware -...  

14:24 Conclusion

Padlock graphic by Simlelcon: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

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