So was I...but not now.
I had actually been considering a Cisco / Linksys router - until a friend turned me on to a pod cast about Cisco/ Linksys over at "Security Now 360". Seems Cisco, on some routers, did a firmwear update - without the owner's knowledge or permission, which changed the way owners could administer their routers. Prior to the stealth firmwear update, users would log into their router locally. However, after the firmwear update (which they didn't tell people about), when people went to administer their router, they were told they had to log into some remote website and establish an account.
It gets worse
In the user agreement for this "service" they say that (paraphrasing) "we may keep track of certain information, to include how much internet traffic pases through your router, what devices and media content you have on your home system - and they will share info with the third partys - and also, keep track of your internet history.
The pod cast is here:
http://twit.tv/show/security-now/360
I didn't watch the video, but if you will scoll down the left side and download the AUDIO podcast, then skip to about 16:15 - that's where they start talking about what Cisco has done. I don't have a Cisco router, but if I did it would be in the trash right now and it would be the last Cisco product I ever purchased.
Cheers
I had actually been considering a Cisco / Linksys router - until a friend turned me on to a pod cast about Cisco/ Linksys over at "Security Now 360". Seems Cisco, on some routers, did a firmwear update - without the owner's knowledge or permission, which changed the way owners could administer their routers. Prior to the stealth firmwear update, users would log into their router locally. However, after the firmwear update (which they didn't tell people about), when people went to administer their router, they were told they had to log into some remote website and establish an account.
It gets worse
In the user agreement for this "service" they say that (paraphrasing) "we may keep track of certain information, to include how much internet traffic pases through your router, what devices and media content you have on your home system - and they will share info with the third partys - and also, keep track of your internet history.
The pod cast is here:
http://twit.tv/show/security-now/360
I didn't watch the video, but if you will scoll down the left side and download the AUDIO podcast, then skip to about 16:15 - that's where they start talking about what Cisco has done. I don't have a Cisco router, but if I did it would be in the trash right now and it would be the last Cisco product I ever purchased.
Cheers