Spyware in Hardware

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I'm concerned about new forms of spyware being
implemented in mass hardware products like routers,
modems, firewalls for DSL/Cable/LAN.
Nowadays such hardware for home use is very cheap
and the market is booming.

Any hardware routers or modems known for having
spyware/adware implemented which collects and sends
information about the surfing behaviour of users?

Such devices are hard to control in what they
internally do (for example a DSL modem/router/firewall).
It is IMO the next best place to spy out people, since
nobody would expect that from such hardware...

 

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In article <c7qh6t$p5l$00$1@news.t-online.com>, 520001085531-0001@t-
online.de says...
> I'm concerned about new forms of spyware being
> implemented in mass hardware products like routers,
> modems, firewalls for DSL/Cable/LAN.
> Nowadays such hardware for home use is very cheap
> and the market is booming.
>
> Any hardware routers or modems known for having
> spyware/adware implemented which collects and sends
> information about the surfing behaviour of users?

The closest was one model (I forget the brand) of firewall/router that
would randomly redirect you to a built-in page that pushed a paid updating
or some other service.

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On Tue, 11 May 2004 16:15:46 -0500, Andrew Rossmann spoketh

>In article <c7qh6t$p5l$00$1@news.t-online.com>, 520001085531-0001@t-
>online.de says...
>> I'm concerned about new forms of spyware being
>> implemented in mass hardware products like routers,
>> modems, firewalls for DSL/Cable/LAN.
>> Nowadays such hardware for home use is very cheap
>> and the market is booming.
>>
>> Any hardware routers or modems known for having
>> spyware/adware implemented which collects and sends
>> information about the surfing behaviour of users?
>
> The closest was one model (I forget the brand) of firewall/router that
>would randomly redirect you to a built-in page that pushed a paid updating
>or some other service.

Belkin did that. The ensuing uproar quickly made them remove the
redirect...

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