Exposed: How Your Low-Cost Wi-Fi Router Could Be a Hacker’s Playground

Struggling to update your “no name” WiFi router? You’re not alone. These LB-Link devices, with their chameleon branding, are playing hide-and-seek with firmware updates. Pro tip: before purchase, ensure there’s an “end of life” policy or at least an open-source reflash option. Now, back to our regularly scheduled hacking saga…

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Oh, the tangled web we weave when we practice to connect our lives to Wi-Fi routers that have less security than my grandma's recipe box. LB-Link decided to play "fast and loose" with firmware updates, much to the delight of hackers who probably haven't had this much fun since the invention of the admin password 'password'.

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