frf37

You are assuming that all apps are generic. Some apps actually are specific to a medical condition you can have or certain aspect of your life that are not known by the general public. It is of the same nature as your browsing history in some ways. So yes apps usage patterns are actually potential privacy issues. Admittedly since most apps are downloaded from the app stores Google would already know part of the story but still your usage pattern may reveal even more especially when correlated to other data.

so what was the issue?

At least I thought that you could opt out of the remote management at least on some models. This is what this seems to indicate as well: https://community.linksys.com/t5/Wireless-Routers/EA8300-can... When remote admin is disabled the info leak does not occur as far as I can tell. Not sure if anyone can confirm that as well.

And there is only one shelf! This is way worst than retailer country.