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KoRnGtL15
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Re: WPS / Reaver

Do you think anyone might bring on a class action law suit? They knew about this back in December. Millions are vulnerable right now. How can they continue to sell the product and get away with it? Imo, sales should be stopped until a fix is made public.


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Interesting idea. But when I calmed down, I thought more clearly... ...

This "Cisco Linksys Business Unit", the group that can't even use the cisco.com domain for their info (notice that?) is probably a non-technical staff. Which means they might not have been aware they couldn't turn off WPS until more recently. Nor would they have any appreciation of the urgency. This fact puts their customers at high risk.

So I'd go for the criminal as well as civil aspects.



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said by KoRnGtL15:

Do you think anyone might bring on a class action law suit? They knew about this back in December. Millions are vulnerable right now. How can they continue to sell the product and get away with it? Imo, sales should be stopped until a fix is made public.

Only problem with a Class Action suit, even if one was brought, is that the Attorneys make the money and us, the end users/clients, get pittance.
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So I'd go for the criminal as well as civil aspects.

I used to be a Prosecutor, and unfortunately, unless a lot of people get hurt from this vulnerability, I don't see a State or the Federal Attorney General stepping in with criminal charges.
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said by lordpuffer:

I used to be a Prosecutor, and unfortunately, unless a lot of people get hurt from this vulnerability, I don't see a State or the Federal Attorney General stepping in with criminal charges.

I know... just fantasizing.

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