Aka the &quot;yelling &#x27;Fire!&#x27; in a crowded movie theater is not free speech&quot; exception. It&#x27;s good for the guy who wants to yell &quot;Fire&quot;, but is it good for the majority?<p>If you patch routers and 1% get bricked by some fluke, is that not a win for society?<p>Also, to rebut the &quot;How dare you change the firmware on my router without my consent?!&quot; point, let&#x27;s not forget these were essentially unprotected routers at this point in the applied_patch vs known_vulnerability cycle. If you don&#x27;t want anyone patching your router without your permission... SECURE YOUR OWN PROPERTY.<p>If I leave something on the sidewalk, I don&#x27;t get angry when people cart it off &#x2F; step on it. I especially don&#x27;t get angry when they glue the broken bits back together and leave it on my doorstep with a note saying &quot;We noticed this was broken. Superglue works wonders! Here&#x27;s the number for a hardware store where you can buy it.&quot;