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1. Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2013 00:07:59 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen
   Guess I'm not buying a D-Link router... http://status.hackerposse.com/url/4030 #backdoor
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   • mcscx (mcscx)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2013 04:02:29 EDT mcscx

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     • Joshua Judson Rosen
     I've read several reports on #NSA etc wanting #backdoor agreements w/manufacturers of 'embedded' boxes,like switches etc. We need #firewalls
   • bijan (bijan)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2013 04:45:20 EDT bijan

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     • mcscx
     @mcscx i have a wi-max modem that the reseller somehow refused/was unable to give me the ssh password to it. how firewall can protect me? …
   • bijan (bijan)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2013 04:47:10 EDT bijan

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     • mcscx
     @mcscx if a firewall is another embedded device, how can we be sure there's no-one is secretly listening to it's communications? :-/
   • postblue (postblue)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2013 09:12:42 EDT postblue

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     • mcscx
     @rozzin @mcscx We don't need firewalls for that, but libre hardware.
   • mcscx (mcscx)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2013 10:18:48 EDT mcscx

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     • postblue
     @postblue good point, #libre hardware is definitely better, but #intelligence will try to infiltrate mass-produced #libre devices, too
   • mcscx (mcscx)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2013 05:50:30 EDT mcscx

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     • postblue
     @postblue do you also suspect hardware trojans, or do you mean stock embedded hardware w/libre “firmware“
   • drak (drak)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2013 06:38:12 EDT drak

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     • mcscx
     Since for #copyleft !libre hardware, they would have to ship the source, that would be much harder to corrupt.
   • 1g0r (1g0r)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2013 12:38:53 EDT 1g0r

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     • Joshua Judson Rosen
     why not https://openwrt.org/ #OpenWrt ?
   • Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2013 14:42:53 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen

     • 1g0r
     I really like #OpenWRT on an AP121U from ALFA Network (not to be confused with *Alpha Networks*): http://status.hackerposse.com/url/3868