[frockington]

The only con I can think to that is the initial influx of support questions. I have no idea why this is not the default now, its simple, user friendly, and way more secure

[j45]

A larger information label specific to each device could be printed to minimize those questions.

"START HERE" followed by steps. Communication and comprehension is always a key battle of onboarding.

[briandear]

Or something similar such as the way the HomePod setup process works.

[j45]

Definitely. If there was an open onboarding standard or framework for tech that was slowly adopted like Bluetooth it would go a long way.

[tomjakubowski]

Cox (Orange County) and Verizon Fios (Los Angeles) delivered routers with good-looking, seemingly randomly generated passwords printed on a label. It's been this way with Cox for at least six years.

[eric_h]

I have Fios in NYC and the password is also available on the account page on Verizon's website, which I find a bit unsettling.

[ipython]

Exactly. That’s because FiOS routers allow tech support and their website to acquire information about your network, including your WPA passphrase, devices connected on your local network and more.

For that reason alone it’s best to have your own equipment not tied to the ISP, IMO. The ISP can already see all of my plaintext traffic, DNS requests, and MITM all my sessions if they wish. I’d rather not give them full access to my private network on top of that.