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Today the web was broken by countless hacked devices – your 60-second summary

Doctor Syntax Silver badge

Re: Capt. Hindsight

"As long as you are happy to pay manufacturer to have support team that will be resetting these passwords 24/7. Are you ?"

The user sets those. The default password is on the label. You reset it to get that and you then have to set a new password before you can get it online.

You, the user, lost the label? Sorry, can't help you, we don't have a record of it.* You'll have to buy a new one. Please look after that better.

* That prevents anyone ringing up trying to get the default password if it transpires the pile of crap device can be reset remotely.

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