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It is turned on by default on a router that the ISP is capable of upgrading (which is scary enough) and that the ISP forcefully upgrade without notifying the cu
by venomsnake 14y ago
It is turned on by default on a router that the ISP is capable of upgrading (which is scary enough) and that the ISP forcefully upgrade without notifying the customers.
If the title was - French ISP upgrade routers to block porn it would have been an uproar. It is the same.
So the ISP is not being just and ISP it is assuming the role of a gatekeeper with a device on which they have root access.
- mathieuh 14y agoIs it that rare for it to be possible for ISPs to update their provided routers? My ISP (O2) has the ability to forcefully update firmware at any time.
- justincormack 14y agoIt is fairly common for routers to be backdoored like this. Best get your own... or disable it if you feel like it (the O2 one has a telnet interface with available password that can control stuff not on the web interface).
- doe88 14y agoNo to update the firmware you have to explicitly reboot the box (router).
- rajivm 14y agoThis just made me realize that for the majority of people that use their ISP's router, there is effectively an easy backdoor (with a firmware update) into their private LAN. What would stop a government agency (w/ or w/o a subpoena) from requesting the ISP provide access to your local network w/o your permission, accessing resources you otherwise thought were secure? Or really, any malicious entity that can figure out how-to forge the certificate required to do this.