Freeing your router from Cisco’s anti-porn, pro-copyright cloud service

Posted by BernardSwiss on Jul 6, 2012 12:24 PM EDT
Ars Technica; By Jon Brodkin 		Mail this story
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When the firmware update (which also applied to the EA4500 and EA2700 router models) rolled out, attempting to connect to the browser's internal administrative Web interface brings the user instead to a signup page for the “Cisco Connect Cloud,"... In exchange for the convenience of Connect Cloud, you have to agree to some pretty onerous terms. In short, Cisco would really hate it if you use the Web to view porn or download copyrighted files without paying for them.

UPDATE: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/07/cisco-backpedals-afte...

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update:Cisco backpedals after uproar, drops cloud from default router setting BernardSwiss 0 783 Jul 6, 2012 9:32 PM

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