Unpatched routers being used to build vast proxy army, spy on networks

Re:Unpatched routers being used to build vast proxy army, sp... by ac29 on Thursday September 06, 2018 @12:33PM (#17927460)

Plume got a pretty icy reception here when they launched their subscription-based pricing model: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17293078

If you really need a mesh (you probably don't), there are other solutions. If you know at least a little about home networking and WiFi, just setup a Unifi system and be done with it.

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Re:Unpatched routers being used to build vast proxy army, sp... by crestfallen on Thursday September 06, 2018 @03:47PM (#17929031)

Let me first say that I am not a super network dude. I know enough to be dangerous.

The newer story @ Ars has some updated stats and thoughts: https://arstechnica.com/features/2018/06/exclusive-plumes-ne...

Part of the improvement is the hardware. The latency improvement is awesome, for example. But part of it seems to legitimately be the optimization that their software is doing re: signal strength, which backhaul to use, auto updates, the level of customer support, and other stuff.

I don't know how it compares, but it seems it may be better than people were initially thinking.

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