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Re:What happened with Asus routers this morning? by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Thursday May 18, 2023 @02:41AM (#35984752)
"Do all routers these days "phone home" anyway and modify settings on autopilot?"

Depends.

"Homemade" routers running open source OS that user can compile themselves need not "phone home" against computer owner intent. "Home" is the owner, not some company.

Commercial routers running closed source OS that owner cannot edit and re-compile can be expected to try to phone home for something, IMHO. A disturbing trend certainly not started by ASUS but which seems to be infecting most hardware sold with pre-installed closed source OS.

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Re:What happened with Asus routers this morning? by SixDouble5321 on Friday May 19, 2023 @05:22PM (#36006998)
> A disturbing trend I think it's inevitable and probably not completely bad that hardware vendors are taking responsibility for vulnerabilities in their products.

I know I would prefer something like that for my non-savvy people. Considering there are smart light bulbs with vulnerabilities which are years away from the landfill. The only question is which botnet will they join the next time they power cycle.

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