Kid@sh.itjust.worksM to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agoUS considers banning TP-Link routers over cybersecurity riskswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 days agoAre TP link routers still untrustworthy after you’ve flashed OpenWRT on them?
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days 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-down1·8 days 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.