XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: marianjones@helpfulpeople.com   
      
   Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> Disable remote administration to your router (duh) & use HTTPS for login.   
   >   
   > That removes the warranty. Seriously. My router is remotely managed by   
   > my ISP. Not via plain ssh login, they have their own dedicated channel.   
      
   Hi Carlos,   
      
   Thanks for adding the missing information that the router may be managed by   
   the ISP, which, of course, somewhat changes what you can and cannot do to   
   effect better privacy/security.   
      
   I'm actually surprised, Carlos, that the ISP manages "the router", where I   
   would NOT be surprised if the ISP manages "the modem" (even as I'm well   
   aware that router:modem combinations exist (which may be what you have).   
      
   In my case, I don't have a modem since I get my Internet from a dozen miles   
   away over the air via WISP, but my "rooftop transceiver" is managed by the   
   WISP (although he gives me his password so that I can make changes).   
      
   Most people in the USA don't have a transceiver like I do; they have a   
   modem, and some people have a modem which is combined into a router.   
      
   I am unfamiliar with that setup personally, since I've never owned a modem,   
   but I've bought them for my kids when they moved into apartments, so I'm   
   familiar with the concept that you seem to be speaking about.   
      
   Thanks for adding the extra value so that everyone on the team benefits.   
      
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