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That'll work until the database of device credentials is breached from company X which provides call center support services for manufacturers A through Z and n
by bikamonki 10y ago
That'll work until the database of device credentials is breached from company X which provides call center support services for manufacturers A through Z and needs said credentials at hand.
- michaelt 10y agoPretty much every home router sold in the UK is shipped with a unique default wifi network name and password printed on a sticker and stuck to the device. Manufacturers don't need to keep a credential database, as legitimate users can simply look at the label.
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoWhich gives the appearance of security, but do any of those routers have backdoors or superuser accounts with defaults or have access via remote management (TR-069?) that's not properly set-up? Should we shoot so low as just to get unique passwords?
- danielweber 10y agoThat is a failure condition, but it is strictly better than what we commonly have now: universal default passwords.