I am not sure I like the sound of that? I guess it sounds like it kind of makes sense but also seems like that it could be abused at some point too. Archive: https://archive.today/dyO5E From the post: >>As per a recent Bambu Lab blog post, its FDM printers in the X1 series will soon receive a firmware update that adds mandatory authentication for certain operations, starting with the firmware update on January 23rd for the aforementioned FDM printers. These operations include performing firmware upgrades, initiating a print job (LAN or cloud), remote video access and adjusting parameters on the printer. Using the printer directly and starting prints from an SD card are not affected.