Comment on Linksys Velop routers send Wi-Fi passwords in plaintext to US servers
mhague@lemmy.world 4 months agoFrom what I can find, by “These routers send your credentials in plaintext”, they actually meant to say, “The mobile app sends credentials in plaintext.”
If you use the web interface then your credentials are not sent in plaintext. The routers themselves also don’t send credentials in plaintext.
The people who found this out got that wrong, and a lot of people are confused because they didn’t expand on “in plaintext.” They could be a little more professional / thoughtful.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
This is what I’m thinking too. The only likely scenario under which the plaintext and MITM words make sense together is HTTP. I wouldn’t put it past Linksys to have used an HTTP API endpoint but these days a lot of things scream if you use HTTP. Thanks for the work!