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Re:All Fritz Box modems have been hijacked by fsckboy on Sunday April 21, 2024 @11:28AM (#40106496)
>"Stop using it" obviously isn't an option.

we're only talking about the cost of a commodity modem, so buy a new modem, disconnect old is a potential solution

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Re:All Fritz Box modems have been hijacked by alt227 on Sunday April 21, 2024 @11:58AM (#40106753)
A lot of ISPs will not give out their configuration options and handshake credentials to force you to use their provided equipment only.
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Re:All Fritz Box modems have been hijacked by h4ckerle on Monday April 22, 2024 @01:36AM (#40111652)
This is not true in germany where FritzBoxes are most prevalent.
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Re:All Fritz Box modems have been hijacked by almostnormal on Sunday April 21, 2024 @12:00PM (#40106768)
FritzBoxes are used as voip server/bpx, printer server, nas, and home automation. And probably more. (German) telcos provide specific FritzBox configuation instructions (select correct sub-branch of provider and contract kind), adding the quest to get real connection data to the attempt to migrate to anything standardized.

Switching to something else is not as easy as buying a new modem for most normal people.

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Re:All Fritz Box modems have been hijacked by rakamotog on Sunday April 21, 2024 @11:54AM (#40106702)
Not exactly, for some ISP's, internet only works with Fitzbox. For other modems, you need to go through months worth of to and fro with ISP to even get them working
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