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Cisco's Linksys marketing division got themselves soaking wet. Customers that own the Linksys E2700, E3500, or E4500 and attempted to log in to their device, were suddenly asked to register using a (to them unknown) Cisco Connect Cloud account login. Oops.
According to Cisco marketing fluff, the Connect Cloud gives users anytime, anywhere access to their router, delivers free, new apps, and will keep expanding with new apps to enrich your connected lifestyle. Yeah sure. In the mean time, they presented it as mandatory, they make money off it, they can kill it at their discretion, and oh, as an unimportant aside, gives them permission to track your Internet history. Yikes!
Obviously people got livid and now Cisco has to backpeddle the whole thing. What a screwup.
Extremetech has the whole story and background.
[/caption]Cisco's Linksys marketing division got themselves soaking wet. Customers that own the Linksys E2700, E3500, or E4500 and attempted to log in to their device, were suddenly asked to register using a (to them unknown) Cisco Connect Cloud account login. Oops.
According to Cisco marketing fluff, the Connect Cloud gives users anytime, anywhere access to their router, delivers free, new apps, and will keep expanding with new apps to enrich your connected lifestyle. Yeah sure. In the mean time, they presented it as mandatory, they make money off it, they can kill it at their discretion, and oh, as an unimportant aside, gives them permission to track your Internet history. Yikes!
Obviously people got livid and now Cisco has to backpeddle the whole thing. What a screwup.
Extremetech has the whole story and background.
