According to Testaankoop, the Belgian equivalent of the Consumers' Association, two types of Linksys routers are sending Wi-Fi login details in plaintext

During installation, the router sent several data packets to an Amazon server in the US. These packets contained the configured SSID name and password in clear text, as well as some identification tokens for this network within a broader database and an access token for a user session that could potentially enable a MITM attack.

Linksys has refused to acknowledge/respond to the issue.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    This. This is why I have trust issues and only run devices I can flash OpenWRT (or other appropriate custom firmware) to.

    • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.meEnglish
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      2 months ago

      It’s like all the tech companies are actively working together to give us trust issues at this point. Used to flash things for fun because I can, more and more it feels like it’s a necessity just to get basic human rights respected.

      • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Yep.

        Every piece of networking gear in my house (except my ONT grrrrr) is running OpenWRT. Which also makes it nice since I can script any changes and push them out.

      • ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Exacly. You basically need to flash something like grapheneos on your phone, install linux on your computer and run custom firmware on your router to even have any semblance of privacy

        • Noble Shift@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 months ago

          And a VPN, ad blocking / Pihole, custom DNS / SDNS, stingray detection, SNORT/ IPS/IDS, and better have your wifi and Bluetooth turned off your phone before you go to the market shopping because they’re fingerprinting your Mac addresses there too.