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Re:Hackers exploited 0-day, not 2018 bug, to mass-wipe My Bo... by mmis1000 on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @01:14PM (#27678819)
At least 100% common for wifi routers? Not sure why all wifi routers have one though.
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Re:Hackers exploited 0-day, not 2018 bug, to mass-wipe My Bo... by beerandt on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @09:47PM (#27683993)
Even most of these are software controlled. You can usually change what the button does with ddwrt or similar.
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Re:Hackers exploited 0-day, not 2018 bug, to mass-wipe My Bo... by mmis1000 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @03:35AM (#27685969)
As long as the software is coded to trigger reset only on that signal, it probably didn't matter.
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