You own a Cisco/Linksys home router? You're going to boil at this news!
http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/cis...-out-of-t.html
I am so angry I could spit nails. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
This explains in a nutshell why I believe corporate America is a greedy abomination. Add this to the fact that the SCOTUS recently approved, for the second time, no-limit to corporate bribing in politics. Thus, a couple million dollars placed into the hands of corrupt officials nullifies the votes of millions of citizens. Why vote?
That aside. I can still vote with my wallet. I recently purchased a Cisco Linksys E2500 home router. I am going to download and install DD-WRT on it, IF I can do an admin login on it, which I haven't tried yet. If I can't get admin rights without jumping through their hoops I will drill a hole through the box and mail it back to Cisco with a note explaining why they will NEVER get another dollar from me.
EDIT:
Cisco is apparently getting its ears burned off and has "retreated", in lanuage only, somewhat:
http://blogs.cisco.com/home/answerin...connect-cloud/
Mistake indeed, but most definitely not accidental.
https://www.networkworld.com/news/20...6.html?hpg1=bn
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07...oudy_for_some/
For those who did get "updated" a rollback was posted by Cisco:
http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.as...0&cpage=search
BTW, if you can follow the instructions given to show how to roll back the "upgrade" (which is for Windows only) you can also goto the DD-WRT website and follow their instructions to burn DD-WRT onto your wireless router.
Regardless, Cisco will never get another chance to hoodwink me.
EDIT-EDIT:
After reading Cisco's "purpose" and original intent I've began to wonder if this wasn't an experiment to establish some sort of surveillance & tracking via routers that government officials might access at any time. It amounts to nothing less than the classic "Man-in-the-middle", with the "man" being a government agency. They wouldn't have to subpoena your bank account number and password when they can just pick it out of your Internet data stream. I'm reminded of the National Security Letters and their secrecy. Cable modems could be used in the same way.
Owners of Cisco/Linksys home routers got a nasty shock this week, when their devices automatically downloaded a new operating system, which locked out device owners. After the update, the only way to reconfigure your router was to create an account on Cisco's "cloud" service, signing up to a service agreement that gives Cisco the right to spy on your Internet use and sell its findings, and also gives them the right to disconnect you (and lock you out of your router) whenever they feel like it.
They say that "if you're not paying for the product, you are the product." But increasingly, even if you do pay for the product, you're still the product, and you aren't allowed to own anything. Ownership is a right reserved to synthetic corporate persons, and off-limits to us poor meat-humans.
They say that "if you're not paying for the product, you are the product." But increasingly, even if you do pay for the product, you're still the product, and you aren't allowed to own anything. Ownership is a right reserved to synthetic corporate persons, and off-limits to us poor meat-humans.
This explains in a nutshell why I believe corporate America is a greedy abomination. Add this to the fact that the SCOTUS recently approved, for the second time, no-limit to corporate bribing in politics. Thus, a couple million dollars placed into the hands of corrupt officials nullifies the votes of millions of citizens. Why vote?
That aside. I can still vote with my wallet. I recently purchased a Cisco Linksys E2500 home router. I am going to download and install DD-WRT on it, IF I can do an admin login on it, which I haven't tried yet. If I can't get admin rights without jumping through their hoops I will drill a hole through the box and mail it back to Cisco with a note explaining why they will NEVER get another dollar from me.
EDIT:
Cisco is apparently getting its ears burned off and has "retreated", in lanuage only, somewhat:
http://blogs.cisco.com/home/answerin...connect-cloud/
Cisco Systems said a privacy policy for the Cisco Connect Cloud service that alarmed some customers was a mistake and has been removed.
https://www.networkworld.com/news/20...6.html?hpg1=bn
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07...oudy_for_some/
For those who did get "updated" a rollback was posted by Cisco:
http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.as...0&cpage=search
BTW, if you can follow the instructions given to show how to roll back the "upgrade" (which is for Windows only) you can also goto the DD-WRT website and follow their instructions to burn DD-WRT onto your wireless router.
Regardless, Cisco will never get another chance to hoodwink me.
EDIT-EDIT:
After reading Cisco's "purpose" and original intent I've began to wonder if this wasn't an experiment to establish some sort of surveillance & tracking via routers that government officials might access at any time. It amounts to nothing less than the classic "Man-in-the-middle", with the "man" being a government agency. They wouldn't have to subpoena your bank account number and password when they can just pick it out of your Internet data stream. I'm reminded of the National Security Letters and their secrecy. Cable modems could be used in the same way.
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