On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 01:48:15PM +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Sat, 2015-08-15 at 11:59 +0200, B. M. wrote: > > - I have no control over the router (firmware updates? security > > fixes? I assume it's > > "really cheap" ...) > > I would start right there. If you can't get firmware updates, get rid > of it and replace it. Preferably with something that runs OpenWRT or > similar, or do careful research for a manufacturer that takes security > seriously. > > Most cheap routers have terrible security, some come with backdoors out > of the box [1] > > There seems to be a trend towards bad actors targeting and taking over > routers, so this is a very real risk.
I would have thought they didn't have enough spare time away from the filming of the TV shows I've seen them in. :) -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X
