so do i put my router in the bin then or is this solved

idont even use AI cloud or FTP most that stuff is disabled much like upnp and it been patched, a long time ago, providing people keep up with fw updates.

Security is an illusion. Your private data is never completely safe.

Security is an illusion. Your private data is never completely safe.

Seems like kind of a pointless, drive-by comment. Of course it's never safe. But it doesn't have to be this unsafe, where they just left large gaping holes unpatched. Like with Asus, the attacker didn't even need to be able to log in and they could change DNS settings.

Security is an illusion. Your private data is never completely safe.

so is privacy in an online interconnected world.

Seems like kind of a pointless, drive-by comment. Of course it's never safe. But it doesn't have to be this unsafe, where they just left large gaping holes unpatched. Like with Asus, the attacker didn't even need to be able to log in and they could change DNS settings.

again these holes have been long since patched, Providing people keep up with firmware update,

Seems like kind of a pointless, drive-by comment. Of course it's never safe. But it doesn't have to be this unsafe, where they just left large gaping holes unpatched. Like with Asus, the attacker didn't even need to be able to log in and they could change DNS settings.

My ISP supplied router stores it's login information in a publicly accessible, unencrypted text file..... Is that any safer? Why isn't the FTC going after it's manufacturer or my ISP? Oh, that's right....it carries a "Assembled in the USA" logo on it....even though it's produced almost entirely in Taiwan.

so is privacy in an online interconnected world.

Exactly. People want the illusion of security and privacy. I remember years ago when a "major" software firewall vendor had so many holes in it's product that it couldn't even slow a "hacker" down. The FTC never went after them. Cisco created one huge security flaw in Linksys routers by shifting to remote management. The FTC didn't go after them. So, why was Asus targeted? They didn't do any worse than other companies have.

bias is bias ISP router are general the worse thing you can use for "security" it why i have never used them