skilledtothegillsJul 9, 2024

Linksys Velop routers send Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to US servers

https://lemmy.world/post/17387425

Linksys Velop routers send Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to US servers - Lemmy.World

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.

Show threadAdmiral PatrickJul 9, 2024
This. This is why I have trust issues and only run devices I can flash OpenWRT (or other appropriate custom firmware) to.
Show threadPacmanlives

Not a bad way to do it!

I just went down the ubiquity dream machine and a real switch with APs in mesh mode

Jul 9, 2024 at 10:44pmWeb
Show threadAdmiral PatrickJul 9, 2024

Nice!

A drunk eBay excursion scored me 20 Aruba AP-105s for $12. Flashing OpenWRT to them was a brute, but they’re still going strong.

I originally set them up to mesh on the 5 GHz and provide AP coverage on the 2.4, but since they’re PoE and didn’t come with adapters, I got rid of the mesh and just have one in every room.