Kid@sh.itjust.worksM to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoUS considers banning TP-Link routers over cybersecurity riskswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoAre TP link routers still untrustworthy after you’ve flashed OpenWRT on them?
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month ago(That wasn’t rhetorical, BTW. I have TP-link gear running OpenWRT and am wondering if I should be worried about it.)
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoNo because it’s an up to date firmware with the latest security patches. Unless the hardware is also shitty and has some vulnerabilities.
Are TP link routers still untrustworthy after you’ve flashed OpenWRT on them?
(That wasn’t rhetorical, BTW. I have TP-link gear running OpenWRT and am wondering if I should be worried about it.)
No because it’s an up to date firmware with the latest security patches.
Unless the hardware is also shitty and has some vulnerabilities.