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Optus has escaped a financial penalty imposed Australia's privacy boss and instead must review its internal security measures after it shipped hundreds of thousands of routers with open internet ports and default credentials, opened voice mails, and marked public scores of private phone numbers. The order billed as an ' …

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  1. Gray Ham Bronze badge
    Facepalm

    And these people will be in control of the security for all the (meta)data that's now being collected about us.

    I feel so much more relaxed and comfortable now ....

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  2. frank ly

    If most people made an effort,

    they'd find it difficult to do something as bad as all that.

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  3. Tim Bates

    Pro tip - don't expect your new router/modem to be secure. Just like you don't expect the car salesman to lock your new car's doors once you arrive home.

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