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How Wi-Fi router security has deteriorated since 2003

The Parallax

All major router vendors shipped fewer routers with firmware sporting ASLR protections in 2018 than in 2012, he said. Firmware is software designed to control hardware devices ranging from routers to Internet-connected door locks to baby monitors to personal assistants.

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The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

first MS-DOS, and then Windows—became the platform for a burgeoning personal computer industry, supporting hundreds of PC hardware companies and thousands of software companies. A final settlement in 2001 gave enough breathing room to the giants of the next era, most notably Google and Amazon, to find their footing outside Microsoft’s shadow.