Post #2310929

2026-05-09 16:27 UTC

Dear router manufacturor who decided to make default administrator passwords that are printed on a tiny label, mixed case letters and numbers, and 19 characters long: I hope you step on a lego. Every day. At least seven times. ... Yes, I did just wish lego stepping upon a company. I&#39;m just going to leave it here to illustrate my current mental state. (I&#39;m still not logged in, by the way.)

Replies (5)

@jscholes@dragonscave.space 2026-05-09 16:31

@simon@procrastodon.net In this talk, I'll be exploring the ethics of purchasing router backdoors on the dark web as an accessibility strategy.

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@techsinger@tweesecake.social 2026-05-09 16:35

@simon@procrastodon.net but it's secure! Or at least it looks secure. Don't you value security? Sorry, I don't mean to make fun of it, I've been there, done that, and didn't get logged in until someone physically came and looked at the label.

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@klittle667@tweesecake.social 2026-05-09 16:36

@simon@procrastodon.net Believe it or not, I had a mikrotik router that still had this. Was the HapAX3

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@mhussain@universeodon.com 2026-05-09 17:15

@simon@procrastodon.net what are you trying to connect to? if you're a windows user you could use your wps button if you had to. if linux iwd has a way for you to connect via wps also.

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@twynn@mas.to 2026-05-09 17:47

@simon@procrastodon.net Would something like a Be My Eyes volunteer be helpful if you can't get OCR to work? LLMs usually do okay, but I suspect it's not as useful for these cases though you never know.

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