Cisco set of a wave of outrage this month by rolling out an automatic update for some of its
Linksys routers which not only replaced the standard browser-based configuration system
with a needlessly convoluted online “Cloud Connect” account, but also effectively converted
its product into a service for which users have to a accept a new licensing agreement. In that
fine print, however, was wording that gave Cisco the right to arbitrarily disable users’ routers
for accessing pornography or violating intellectual property rights. Privacy advocates were
enraged that Cisco would give itself the power to snoop on users to kick them off the web, but
the company’s alternative has disabled many of the usual controls found in routers’ firmware.
Users can roll back to the previous firmware but it is unclear whether those who opt out of
Cloud Connect will be eligible for future firmware updates, for your data and animates it.
Outlook comes with a rearranged blue interface and pop-up previews, and OneNote supports
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