Belkin’s new router firmware “upgrade” automatically redirects http sessions to a Belkin sell-page for some bullshit censorware filtering crap. That’s some upgrade: from a router that routes packets to a router that pushes the antithesis of free expression.
In response criticism, a Belkin product manager came forward this week to confirm the behaviour was designed into the products as a way to make it easier for consumers to sign up to a free trial of its parental control software. Belkin’s Eric Deming is keen to allay concerns about the technique which have produced sharp criticism of the company on the news.admin.net-abuse.email newsgroup.
(Thanks, Rick!)