I know what you mean, but the tech debt problem will never get resolved.

And fuck you theverge.com for your paywall. archive

Which is what these EU laws usually do. This one is up to 6% of world wide revenue. Actually collecting those fines is another story though.

Is it illegal yet to run dd-wrt or similar on a USA router?

Not really. There is no age requirement for having an apple phone in the UK, and having ios verify my age does not help with identity stealing websites. So Apple aren’t doing this to comply with current law. And at least one government department advised their staff to ignore it.

Security by design is only one aspect of what would be required. Even if it keeps my data secure, if it is going to recommend putting pva glue on cuts and butter on burns, it’s a no from me. Altough i would be curious what it has to say about vaccinations…

Those e-ink tags have been around in the UK for some time.

What law? In what country?