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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.
Now, with right-to-repair legislation gaining traction across the country, a new nonprofit advocacy group called Securepairs.org wants to push back against that kind of messaging, arguing instead that devices can be both easy to fix and secure. Repair advocates say manufacturers have increasingly used restrictive warranties, digital locks, and more to make it hard, or in some cases even impossible, for consumers to fix everything from iPhones to John Deere tractors. The group even takes the idea one step further, arguing that right-to-repair laws would make devices more safe by allowing consumers to quickly replace failing parts or update buggy software.
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