Category Archives: News

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  Is the MELLO charger a scam (Kickstarter)?

  Posted on June 3, 2024 by pcwrt in News, Technology.

  Kickstarter is no stranger to scammers. Projects surpassed their goals spectacularly and yet fail to deliver. Did the projects fail despite of honest efforts or were there no intention to fulfill the promises on the outset? It’s hard to tell. WeTag made extravagant claims for their iTag battery free item locating tag without a prototype […]

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  Netgear router vulnerability found (again), what can you do?

  Posted on June 30, 2020 by pcwrt in News, Technology.

  Recently, researchers found an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in Netgear routers that potentially puts 79 device models at risk. According to the Zero Day Initiative: The specific flaw exists within the httpd service, which listens on TCP port 80 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data […]

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  A router that talks three VPN protocols

  Posted on January 11, 2020 by pcwrt in News, Router, Technology.

  The pcWRT router offers the most comprehensive support for VPN technology on a router. Out of the box, it supports three VPN protocols: OpenVPN, IKEv2 and WireGuard®*. You can run both server and client on the router, and all three protocols simultaneously if you wish. Initially we only had support for OpenVPN. But it turned […]

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  Fake one-star reviews on Amazon for the pcWRT router

  Posted on July 7, 2018 by pcwrt in News, Router.

  For quite some time we were puzzled by the one-star reviews that were left on Amazon for our product. These were “Verified Purchase” reviews. Supposedly the customers purchased our product, were dissatisfied, then left a negative review. Strange enough, none of these customers reached out to us for support when they encountered problems. They just […]

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  Is equifaxsecurity2017.com legit?

  Posted on September 9, 2017 by pcwrt in News, Security.

  Big news that Equifax leaked personal info of 143 million Americans. In the wake of the news, people were directed to check their status at the website www.equifaxsecurity2017.com. The domain name sounded fishy, in the same sense as someone claiming that ebay-security-alerts.com is an official Ebay site. So a lot of people are asking whether […]

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  The demise of Jawbone, a case of crappy products

  Posted on July 14, 2017 by pcwrt in News, Technology.

  Jawbone, invested by top-tier venture capital firms such as Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, once valued at more than $3bn, closed its doors, leaving customers hanging. Some attributed its failure to “overfunding“, others blamed a shrinking wearables market. But in our opinion, the reason is simple and dry – it’s a case of crappy products. […]

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  The Torch router is dead, and why pcWRT is better

  Posted on June 2, 2017 by pcwrt in News, Technology.

  The Torch Router started out as a Kickstarter campaign in October 2015, and started shipping in October 2016. On May 9, 2017 some Torch users received emails informing them that Torch ceased operations. On May 31, 2017 it went completely dark, to the dismay of many. Since we also offer a parental control solution on […]

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  Making it easy to set up your home WiFi network

  Posted on May 27, 2016 by pcwrt in How To, News, Technology.

  We are thrilled that PC Magazine recently ran a review of our router product. In summary this is what they said: The Peace Wireless Router applies content filtering and Internet time scheduling to every device on your home network, but getting it configured requires some serious tech expertise. While we are happy about the first […]

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  The cybersecurity industry is a billion dollar scam?

  Posted on July 4, 2015 by pcwrt in News.

  An article on TNW claimed that the cybersecurity industry is a billion dollar scam. Now that’s something new. Something I’ve never thought of. Something sensational. But to call a whole industry scam you have to back your claim with substance. The fact that the security industry exists because of increasing security threats does not make […]

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• How to avoid crowdfunding fraud

  Posted on April 23, 2015 by pcwrt in How To, News.

  Just two days ago, Yahoo! reported that the second most successful campaign in Indiegogo history was plagued with a lawsuit and questionable claims. That is by no means the only such incident in the crowdfunding game. In 2013, the Kreyos Smartwatch raised $1.5 million with nothing to show for its supporters. Instacube, which raised more […]

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