Security → DSL routers contain hard-coded "XXXXairocon" credentials

DSL routers, including the ASUS DSL-N12E, DIGICOM DG-5524T, Observa Telecom RTA01N, Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) SpeedSurf 504AN and Kasda KW58293, and ZTE ZXV10 W300 contain hard-coded credentials that are useable in the telnet service on the device. In the ASUS, DIGICOM, Observa Telecom, and ZTE devices, the username is "admin," in the PLDT devices, the user name is "adminpldt," and in all affected devices, the password is "XXXXairocon" where "XXXX" is the last four characters of the device's MAC address. The MAC address may be obtainable over SNMP with community string public. ...

I'm just dreading the day when home/SOHO router makers start going the way of operating systems whose vendors are deciding to monetize their products by collecting local information and sharing everything by default.

I'm just dreading the day when home/SOHO router makers start going the way of operating systems whose vendors are deciding to monetize their products by collecting local information and sharing everything by default.