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> What original post? It was a google search that reveals some router's remote admin page, that search doesn't mention any specific router brand or model.

It does, click any of the links. The specific search string OP used returns only C6, C7 and C9 routers (I clicked through 2 pages of results).

You saw TP-Link and went off about things that were valid to complain about in the past... but are not specifically with these routers, and probably no new model TP-Link or any sane manufacturer is turning out today.

> And the point I was trying to make is that merely being able to override the default remote admin setting does not ensure that the user has any idea what the ramifications are

Again, if you actually clicked through the OP, you'd notice most of the bare IP address results are dead (meaning they are no longer on the internet), and the ones with CNAME's attached appear to be professionally managed. The assumption is sound.




You can exclude strings to dig up more models. I got this far, but I think google is ignoring the last exclusion.

"Please log in with router's password" -"hacker news" -C6 -C7 -C9 -C90 -C60 -A9 -A7 -A6 -AX3000 -MR100 -MR150 -MR200 -MR600 -MR6400 -AC2300 -AC2600 -AX50 -C6U -VR300 -VR600 -VR2100 -TD-W9970 -TD-W9960




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