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Re:Unpatched routers being used to build vast proxy army, sp... by shawn on Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:12AM (#17926831)
I read their entire website and still have no idea what precisely Plume is or what they're selling.

"What makes Plume different from my traditional Wi-Fi router or extender?

Single router Wi-Fi systems can give you the speed you need as long as you’re close enough to the router. Wi-Fi extenders or repeaters can improve coverage, but are often complicated, unreliable, and degrade performance. Plume is a cloud coordinated Wi-Fi system that replaces your current router and gives you stable and consistent Wi-Fi coverage and speed in every room within your home using blazing fast tri-band SuperPods coupled with auto-channel hop technology."

If I understand this word salad correctly, it's a router which uses a cloud service to auto-configure itself.

Re:Unpatched routers being used to build vast proxy army, sp... by SpikeDad on Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:24AM (#17926933)
More accurately a mesh router system which uses a cloud service to auto-configure itself.

Mmm. Love some word salad with mesh dressing.

In the end, it's just hardware with some online configurator which will most likely render the whole system unusable if the online service shuts down.

Great for anyone that doesn't stop to think for a minute how dumb this idea is.