Sure, we made your Wi-Fi routers phone home with telemetry, says Ubiquiti. What of it?

Sure, we made your Wi-Fi routers phone home with telemetry, says Ubiquiti. What of it?

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/07/ubiquiti_networks_phone_home/

Ubiquiti Networks is fending off customer complaints after emitting a firmware update that caused its UniFi wireless routers to quietly phone HQ with telemetry.

It all kicked off when the US-based manufacturer confirmed that a software update released this month programmed the devices to establish a secure connection back to Ubiquiti servers and report information on Wi-Fi router performance and crashes.

Sure, we made your Wi-Fi routers phone home with telemetry, says Ubiquiti. What of it?

Nov 7, 2019, 9:16pm UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/07/ubiquiti_networks_phone_home/ > Ubiquiti Networks is fending off customer complaints after emitting a firmware update that caused its UniFi wireless routers to quietly phone HQ with telemetry. > It all kicked off when the US-based manufacturer confirmed that a software update released this month programmed the devices to establish a secure connection back to Ubiquiti servers and report information on Wi-Fi router performance and crashes.