• ulterno@lemmy.kde.social
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    5 months ago

    Read the title and went: What? They want you to keep your network hardware ON, when unattended, to increase the undetected malware entry opportunities?

    Turns out it as their own devices they wanted to push updates to.

    I would really prefer to use my own device though and even better, configure it myself after learning how the ISP’s network works. But convenience is what it is.

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      5 months ago

      Yep, after moving from Germany to the UK I was pretty surprised that in the UK you’re not supposed to get this kind of information from your ISP.

      In Germany you can get your own DSL/cable/fibre modem and your ISP has to give you the necessary information to get these devices into their network.