Yes. And when a malicious packet is discovered that compromises the RTOS on the chip, and the vendor patches it, this cost raising ideological kludge will leave

Yes. And when a malicious packet is discovered that compromises the RTOS on the chip, and the vendor patches it, this cost raising ideological kludge will leave you devices vulnerable forever. (I say this, knowing full well that I suffer from the closed nature of this device. The DreamPlug uses this, and the access point version of the firmware only supports 8 devices. That doesn't go very far with the usual complement of mobile devices people carry. I am powerless to patch it and will have to add a dedicated access point to work around it, but paying to freeze this particular deficient version of code is ridiculous.)