issue0315@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoDOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businessesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1147arrow-down1external-linkDOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businessesarstechnica.comissue0315@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square30fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 months agoBecause these routers went out to everybody. Tech heads and idiots alike. It is far easier for ISPs to simply remote in than rely on the consumer who may be an idiot.
minus-squarerdyoung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·7 months agoThis is why I run my own router. I’m sure my cable modem has a way in but then you’d have to get past my router.
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoDitto. I went one step further and put OpenWRT on mine. Messed up thing is, some ISPs make it an absolute bitch to make this work.
Because these routers went out to everybody. Tech heads and idiots alike. It is far easier for ISPs to simply remote in than rely on the consumer who may be an idiot.
This is why I run my own router. I’m sure my cable modem has a way in but then you’d have to get past my router.
Ditto. I went one step further and put OpenWRT on mine.
Messed up thing is, some ISPs make it an absolute bitch to make this work.