Kid@sh.itjust.worksM to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoUS considers banning TP-Link routers over cybersecurity riskswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up151
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoAre TP link routers still untrustworthy after you’ve flashed OpenWRT on them?
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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.