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> Instead there's a sticker on the side of the device with a password that got generated and assigned to it on the way out. And sometimes this sticker is left
by asaph 8y ago
> Instead there's a sticker on the side of the device with a password that got generated and assigned to it on the way out.
And sometimes this sticker is left on the router and can be plainly seen by anyone nearby, even through a glass window.
- bhuga 8y agoIt's a step in the right direction. The effort required to look through every window in one city is a lot more than scanning every router owned by an ISP globally.
- IshKebab 8y agoAll ISP's routers in the UK for maybe the last 10 years haven't had weak default password and I've never once seen them print it in an easily visible place. It is always on the bottom, and a few years ago the started adding cards with it on.
- tazard 8y agoThe threat model of someone looking through your window is significantly different than the threat model of someone googling "default password for XXXXXXX". You are correct, but we shouldn't let perfect be the enemy of good.
- pdonis 8y agoIf anyone who will be within plain sight of the router should not know the password, then obviously you should not use the default password that's printed on the router. You should set a new password yourself.