Re:Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration
by jlgaddis on Saturday September 19, 2020 @08:39PM
(#24531212)
... but the telemetry isn't, IIRC.
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Re:Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration
by devrand on Saturday September 19, 2020 @09:02PM
(#24531291)
Is it not? I disabled diagnostic and analytics reporting, though it does occasionally ask me to turn it back on.
Is there additional telemetry that cannot be disabled?
Re:Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration
by dylz on Saturday September 19, 2020 @10:34PM
(#24531571)
When they pushed the firmware, iirc the telemetry was done without notice, opted in and enabled by default, and there was no way to actually opt out until _another firmware update after the uproar_
Re:Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration
by 0xy on Sunday September 20, 2020 @02:33AM
(#24532300)
Ubiquiti has never cared about security, if they did they wouldn't have been scammed for $40,000,000 via a literal scam email.
If Ubiquiti staff has the non-existent procedures and corporate security for this to happen, they surely don't care about your privacy or security.
Re:Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration
by craftoman on Sunday September 20, 2020 @03:31PM
(#24536674)
They didn't scammed, they washed some of the investors money. These kind of attacks are ridiculously hard to believe.
Re:Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration
by mason55 on Sunday September 20, 2020 @08:47AM
(#24533698)
So what is the alternative nowadays?
Re:Netgear Firmware Requires Online Registration
by devrand on Monday September 21, 2020 @11:14AM
(#24544387)
Got it! Thank you for that context. I'm pretty sporadic about updates so I more than likely missed the gap when it was enabled by default and not available to be disabled.
Not cool to do that :(.