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update:Cisco backpedals after uproar, drops cloud from default router setting

Story: Freeing your router from Cisco’s anti-porn, pro-copyright cloud serviceTotal Replies: 0
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BernardSwiss

Jul 06, 2012
9:32 PM EDT 		Cisco: Our cloud isn’t for snooping on customers’ porn habits.

by Jon Brodkin - July 5 2012, 8:05pm PDT

"We told you earlier today about how Cisco is pushing a cloud-based WiFi router management service onto customers of certain Linksys devices—and that to use the service customers must agree to a list of anti-porn and anti-piracy clauses.

The trouble is that for customers with automatic firmware updates turned on, the traditional (and very useful) router management tools available in a Web browser at the address 192.168.1.1 became completely unavailable. Instead, you had to sign up for Cisco’s cloud service, roll back your firmware, or just forget about using advanced router management features.

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