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Carmakers will not be liable if I break your brakes.

Why should your router manufacturer be liable if I break your router?

Clearly in both cases the company failed to manufacture a secure enough product.

One difference: you can repair your brakes, or replace them, without having to get a new car. Most routers do not have updates available after the first one or two patches, and you can't even install your own OS on most. Your only options are: live with it, or buy a complete new router.

You can repair your car, you can reset your router.

Neither will prevent a malicious party from breaking them.

Trade-in your old router every two years.

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