Verizon Changing Users Router Passwords

Kohenkatz writes "I have Verizon FIOS at home and my Verizon-supplied Actiontec router had the password 'password1' that the tech assigned to it when he set it up three years ago. I received an email from Verizon that said 'we have identified that your router still had a password of either password1 or admin1 and we have changed it to your serial number.' I checked and it actually had been changed. I believe this to be in response to the Black Hat presentation about the hackability of home routers. I am upset about this because Verizon should not have any way to get into my router and change the settings, especially because I own the router, not them! I looked in the router's settings and I see port 4567 goes to the router and is labeled 'Verizon FIOS Service.' Is this port for anything useful other than Verizon changing settings on my router? What security measures does Verizon have to protect that port from unauthorized access?"

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[U8MyData]

Get used to this. What you think is yours is not. A disturbing trend where there seems to be no end in sight.

Re:unauthorized access is unauthorized

[pgmrdlm]

What fucking part of the summary do you not understand. He says he owns the god damn thing. Who the fuck are you to call him a liar? No shit.

am upset about this because Verizon should not have any way to get into my router and change the settings, especially because I own the router, not them

Re:uhhh

[AK Marc]

He was accused of a DOS attack. The "DOS" was passwords that people didn't have. The person in question had his passwords changed without permission and he had no access to the network items he owned, just like the Child's case. The only difference was the timing of the password handover.