12-18-2024, 05:53 PM
macphanatic wrote:
[quote=Michael]
We have a TP-Link router (and also 2 Kasa smart plugs--made by TP-Link, I believe).
In a realistic sense, given that we have changed the default passwords, do we really need to worry about these things? We don't do anything nefarious on our home network so if somebody tried to blackmail us, I'd laugh. We use 2FA for all of our financial stuff so I don't imagine the Chinese can somehow get into our Fidelity accounts through the router.
So, do we need to replace these or just not buy them next time? Thanks.
Changing passwords does nothing. Some of the Chinese electronics have been found to have backdoors baked into the circuitry. I’m really surprised that we’ve waited so long to take a stand against China.
Also, the issue isn’t what TP-L might do to the user’s home network — the issue is that the hack enables their home network to be used as the launching point for nefarious attacks on other more critical networks.