Having the firmware image just be a boring old tarball + hash sounds super nice. I wish more devices were this open, and I hope Rode won't see this and decide to lock the firmware upgrades down.

why was disclosure the objective? wouldn't you want to keep this interface open?

I understand the hacker rationale to have fun owning the device, and i would like it to stay that way.

But... please do not forget that the CRA will put a heavy blanket on that fire.

Its still crazy to me that everyone has a pocket AI-hacker ready to inspect firmware and modify their devices now. You just put the agent on it and it gives you access in minutes. You would have to be a Hotz tier hacker if you wanted to do anything close to this only last year, or at the very least extremely patient for long hours.