I think you overestimate the actual security impact of this issue. Think about it, practically everyone who is even remotely technical is going to put a fresh c

I think you overestimate the actual security impact of this issue. Think about it, practically everyone who is even remotely technical is going to put a fresh copy of his favorite OS on his computer anyway. No one likes dealing with all the bloatware that is installed on those machines by default. And the rest? They're infecting themselves by opening dubious email attachments already. For someone looking to make money through viruses, MitM attacks are just not economical. ASUS really should fix this problem by implementing TLS, but it's just very unlikely that they will lose any amount of customers whatsoever if they don't. And as long as that's the case, nothing will change in that regard.