Oh, then thats the same thing. I thought you meant the routers can be accessed remotely by ISPs for the first time setups. In my case, the technician is just more involved while they perform the router setup by asking the users what the SSID and password will be. I suppose it makes it easier for non-technical users who’d probably never change their WiFi password after the first setup. The account password is still left as the default one shown under the router, though.

Fortunately, I’d risk. Let’s be happy for the smallest of things.

You’re right, it’s a good thing in general, but bad for story telling purposes.

ISPs here just connect the router, call back to their operations center to set it up and go.

Do you mean the technicians don’t setup the WiFi SSID and password for the user and that the router setup are done through the operation centre instead of on-site?

LMAO, that would be an interesting story to tell. Unfortunately, for now, all of my neighbours are at least technologically proficient enough to put in a WiFi password, or at least not stupid enough to not let the ISP technician add it during installation.

That might not actually be a bad idea. Telling them their open WiFi is easily connected to from outside might finally push them to put in some form of network security. Shouldn’t be too hard unless you have a bad relationship with them.

Literally never even owned any crypto nor even trusted anyone who talked about them. But what else can you do other than feign ignorance and accuse everyone else of being a cryptobro?

Maybe if you had any idea what you’re talking about, you wouldn’t be so confused this far into a comment thread and wouldn’t have made the initial mistake of claiming something that was so easily debunked.

Your jump in logic really mirrors what I see in those cryptobros you hate so much. Just the sheer blind belief in something that you don’t even bother to fact check shit before sharing it with other people.

So don’t connect anything from the same manufacturer to wifi and check if any of your neighbour has an open WiFi network, then? I’ve checked my neighborhood and hasn’t seen any open networks just yet, so I’m lucky.

Is there a reason to go for a dumb TV as opposed to just not connecting your smart TV to wifi?

His rhetorical question was about you, but your response was about the link. If completely avoiding to answer the actual question being asked is considered manipulating words, then no question can be worded in a way that is hard to manipulate. Or maybe you’re just trying to avoid admitting to your mistake.

No, the average person understands how to make a Gmail account. They don’t understand email whatsoever.