vendor: "automatic firmware updates!" me: "finally someone puts a dent into the massive problem of insecure SOHO routers. actually hang on" *unpacks firmware* me: "oh."
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so, it downloads firmware updates. over http. but don't worry, they're signed. with md5. but at least the signature is downloaded over https. with --no-check-certificate. but at least they actually verify the signa*dies*pic.twitter.com/96EbDXK3hi
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Linksys you literally added ONE FEATURE over what's essentially stock openwrt and you managed to fuck up EVERY SINGLE THING you could possibly fuck up look at this thinghttps://gist.github.com/whitequark/f7ac76449d875133da0aa5a9cb97f6c6 …
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incredible. i'm laughing hysterically right now because i don't want to believe this is real production fw. why is it that every time i try to do things like "use thunderbolt" or "help a friend with a router" i accidentally unerath some eldritch ambomination
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Me, I can live with the silly names. The RGB LEDs, though...
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*lifts the hot air gun from its stand* please state the nature of your problem
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the hero we need
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that seems pretty extreme
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You can see gamer influence in hardware designs; wireless routers that look like spaceships rather than network equipment... It's annoying as hell and I say this as someone who enjoys gaming.
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i would LOVE a router looking like a nice spaceship. not gaming a lot though.
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I think the silly shapes are fine, it's the militarism that aggravates me
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Well, Armada is the name of various Marvell networking CPUs going back many years :)
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broadcom has a chip named "trident" and a chip named "tomahawk", your point is
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Not making a point at all.
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(I'm finding it basically impossible to convey intention over Twitter at this point.)
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At least when Qualcomm named their NEON engines “VeNum” it was a contraction of “vector” and “number” or something. Also no point, just always liked that name.
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Apparently gamers can't understand "QoS", so they have a special gamer name for it.
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