Liberate the appliances! Washing machine hacker outsmarts anti-repair measures - Week in Repair

Needing firmware for a fix, washing machine owner finds way around manufacturer's refusal to share. Also: can you put your Tesla in rice? And: report shows how Big Tech weakened NY repair bill.

The Ballad of ChuxMan: Hacker airs out appliance company’s dirty laundry

A twitter user by the name of ChuxMan had a problem: his washing machine stopped working and he needed the machine’s firmware to fix it. Being an especially savvy washing machine owner living in Europe, ChuxMan knew that there are laws in the EU requiring companies to offer such inf…