I thought Linksys were owned by Cisco, but it seems like they were sold to Belkin in 2013. So, don't buy Belkin stuff. The only way to combat this kind of anti

I thought Linksys were owned by Cisco, but it seems like they were sold to Belkin in 2013. So, don't buy Belkin stuff. The only way to combat this kind of anti-social behavior is through regulation. EU GDPR goes quite far for online services, but for devices it probably makes more sense to have some other kind of scheme. I think that a deposit-based scheme may be necessary given the lifetime of this kind of devices.