My router (TP Link) said it had a firmware update. I’m a responsible adult, so I update my firmware. When I log back in, I get this popup that they’d like to share my clients info.
cool…
My router (WiFi v.6) has an inbuild Firewall
Well, thats a shame. I have always preferred TP-Link due to their pricing and freedom of software/smart home integrations. This definitely puts a damper on that.
Time to learn how to set up OPNsense.
Or in my case, pFsense, but yeah…that’s the way.
I stopped using TP Link stuff after read a few articles on their significant security issues having something to do with their Chinese ownership, and back doors or something. It’s too bad, as far as usability and reliability, they were way better than the Netgear and Asus is have now.
We won’t save your private information. But the third party services - some of which are owned by the same parent company as us - absolutely will.
We won’t save it, but we will pass it along to whoever gives us money.
Any chance of something like OpenWrt?
What router do you have? I have the TP-Link Omada ER7212 and am not seeing this on the latest firmware
I doubt something like this will spillover to the professional line of products. We should be clear for a while with Omada.
Archer AX11000
i have always wondered how this works from the legal point. what if you disagree, should you sue to get your money back? you are buying product with some expectations, they can’t just change that after you paid, can they?
it is similar with cars, what if you buy new car and the car’s infotainment asks you to accept some outrageous terms and conditions, you do bother to actually read them and then decline. can you get your money back? has anyone ever tried?
Maybe later
Fuck off to hell with this shit
It’s the rapist mentality, they won’t accept “no” as an answer.
I love how they say they won’t save your private info, but nothing about whether the third party will
Asus and Merlin forever
Weird, I must be seeing a different screenshot, because all I read here is “TP Link would like you to overwrite its firmware with OpenWRT.”
Hold up. Since when can you put OpenWRT on non linksys routers??? I stopped following the project years ago when i stopped using linksys routers. Have they expanded their repertoire?
I’ve been using it for 10+ years on a combination of Netgear, TP-Link and Raspberry Pi hardware, so at least that long?
The last time I engaged with OpenWRT was around 2010 so that tracks.
Slap OpenWRT on that little trojan horse.
One of two things happened:
- They implemented it just now, and it’s nice of them to ask
Or:
- They’ve been doing it for years, and now legal told them they need to ask
It’s always #2
Cooool. Anyone know how to deaden this behavior?
Don’t use their software, use something like openwrt
