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Re:A look at home routers, and a surprising bug in Linux/MIPS by saagarjha on Saturday December 15, 2018 @03:08PM (#18690110)
> they cannot differentiate based on security promises marketed to them by vendors

If $VENDOR has a reputation of being hacked, it might deter people from buying their products.

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Re:A look at home routers, and a surprising bug in Linux/MIPS by paulie_a on Saturday December 15, 2018 @05:41PM (#18690770)
It won't make a difference. Consumers don't care about security on their devices. That is why I quit frankly like things like Bricker bot. The internet is an ecosystem and people's devices should be bricked if they are having a negative effect due to blatant negligence by device manufacturers.

I hope a new round of Bricker bots continue killing devices that are unsupported, incredibly insecure devices. It is a public service (albeit a felony, don't get caught)

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Re:A look at home routers, and a surprising bug in Linux/MIPS by snaky on Saturday December 15, 2018 @03:16PM (#18690138)
Or maybe not.

https://www.pymnts.com/news/security-and-risk/2018/consumers...

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Re:A look at home routers, and a surprising bug in Linux/MIPS by monocasa on Saturday December 15, 2018 @03:12PM (#18690120)
Rebranding is cheap these days.
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