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Re:Hack GPON – how to access, change and edit fibre ONTs by worewood on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @12:17PM (#41649024)
In the year 2024 it is prudent to think of everything that leaves the premises as potentially listened upon.

That's why we've got HTTPS an DoT/DoH so widespread these days

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Re:Hack GPON – how to access, change and edit fibre ONTs by lxgr on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @05:48PM (#41652211)
There’s still a huge privacy impact if anyone can listen to your traffic (since hostnames are almost always plaintext due to SNI).
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