Cisco Angers Many By Outlawing Porn On Home Routers

Cisco Systems told users of its new high-end home routers -- in a roundabout way -- they couldn't use their routers for porn or to send certain types of e-mail and a whole list of other things.

This has made a lot of people angry. Here's what happened.

Last week, Cisco sent out an upgrade to the software that makes its routers work, called firmware. The upgrade affected two models, the EA4500 and the EA2700.  Without asking, Cisco moved them to its "Cisco Connect Cloud" service. This software does things like let you set up a password for the device, or otherwise tinker with it.

The supposed main benefit of Connect is that it will let you link with the device over the Internet, when you are away from home, instead of having to use a PC that is directly connected to the router.
Here's the catch: the Cisco Connect Cloud Terms of Service forbids a whole bunch of things including porn, sending advertising e-mails -- it won't even allow you to "encourage any conduct" that would violate the law.

Read more about this disgusting behavior.   And remember to never buy Cisco equipment again.   Since Linksys is also owned by Cisco, this means to avoid buying from that company.