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ikeboy on Nov 20, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: ARRIS Cable Modem Has a Backdoor in the Backdoor

It should be auto-update but with the option to disable updates. So only technical people will turn that off.

johncolanduoni on Nov 20, 2015 [–]

How does this change anything? You can accept the update, or just let it will stop working with their network. And how is the new update any different in terms of trust than the initial carrier-specific update the modem gets when you activate?

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