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Cisco locks customers out of their own routers, only lets them back in if they agree to being spied upon and monetized

Posted on July 6, 2012 by kwc

Cory Doctorow
boingboing.net

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 to spy on your Internet use and sell its findings, and also gives them the right to disconnect you (and lock you out of your router) whenever they feel like it.

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