Belkin router story

[Brian Kelsay]

Oren Beck wrote:
> At the last meeting I mentioned a story about spam from a new Belkin 
> router . Story on The  Register.
> 
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/07/help_my_belkin_router/
> 

They are working fast to remedy the situation before their over-eager 
marketing group plummets them to the earth.  I think all this crap 
should be Opt-In, not Opt-out.  Put a leaflet in w/ the equipment and 
plaster ads on your own website, but don't hijack my browser session.  I 
never install software that comes w/ such a device if I don't have to. 
And if I had to to do the one-time setup, I'd use a spare machine I 
could wipe immediately after.

Reminds me of when I went to install a Linksys Router/Firewall for my 
dad's new cable setup.  He kept saying, "Don't you need to install the 
software?"  I kept saying, "No I don't."  And then I was done and he 
said, "Oh, I guess you didn't."

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