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Linksys Velop routers send Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to US servers (stackdiary.com)
submitted 4 months ago by skilledtothegills to c/technology
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During installation, the router sent several data packets to an Amazon server in the US. These packets contained the configured SSID name and password in clear text, as well as some identification tokens for this network within a broader database and an access token for a user session that could potentially enable a MITM attack.

Linksys has refused to acknowledge/respond to the issue.

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's like all the tech companies are actively working together to give us trust issues at this point. Used to flash things for fun because I can, more and more it feels like it's a necessity just to get basic human rights respected.

[–] ichbinjasokreativ 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Exacly. You basically need to flash something like grapheneos on your phone, install linux on your computer and run custom firmware on your router to even have any semblance of privacy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yep.

Every piece of networking gear in my house (except my ONT grrrrr) is running OpenWRT. Which also makes it nice since I can script any changes and push them out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is the ONT in bridge mode?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah. I get my wan IP assigned to my router.