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July 3, 2012 05:36 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/aoRDNEKYqFw/cisco-locks-customers-out-of-t.html
Cisco locks customers out of their own routers, only lets them back in if they agree to being spied upon and monetized
Owners of Cisco/Linksys home routers got a nasty shock this week, when their devices automatically downloaded a new operating system, which locked out device owners. After the update, the only way to reconfigure your router was to create an account on Cisco's "cloud" service, signing up to a service agreement that gives Cisco the right [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/aoRDNEKYqFw/cisco-locks-customers-out-of-t.html
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