Speaker 1
Hello? [silence] Hello? [silence] [silence] I can I can barely hear you. That's better. That's a little better. [silence] There we go. There we go. [silence] Now you're talking. Well, hey, I've got a question. Um, I, um, I have a link, says it's [silence]
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Speaker 2
Welcome to Linksys support. To ensure quality service, your call may be monitored. Certain products will be supported while end of support products will have self-help options available. Please have your serial number ready and stay on the line for assistance. While waiting, you may also visit support_linksys.com for more information about your product. [silence] This is Epi, how can I help you? [silence] Yes, hi there, sir. Can you hear me okay? Yes, hello? Hello? [silence] All right. Hello? Mhm. Okay. All right. Okay. Yes, how can I help you?
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Speaker 1
oh shoot it's uh uh belup I guess that's what it's called it's the it's uh a basically a hotspot that you know then I hooked into my router um anyway when I set this up oh gosh almost four or five years ago now um I used an email address that um I've used very rarely for stuff and apparently last night it was hacked not not my not my Linksys system but the email was hacked and at four in the morning I got a thing that said um oh you've changed your your password and oh you've updated your recovery key and so now I can't even get into that email address anymore so I'm wondering um the only thing I can trace back that I used that email address on was this links setup and I obviously don't want that username out there. So, you know, I've got the Linksys app on my phone and I log in through that, but can I can I like, how can I delete that account, and create a new account, and not lose any of my settings, in that I've got in this system. Does that make sense? Well, Yeah, so. Do I lose all the settings in my in my system? Because like, I don't, I've got. Oh, good. Oh, good. Okay, so, so, [silence] Got it.
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Speaker 2
Okey. So, you wanted to remove your Linksys Smart Wi-Fi account and you want you want to replace it with a new one? No. Yeah. It's not going to, yeah, you're not going to, it's not going to affect the settings of your router. As long as you did not reset your router to factory defaults, it will not remove the settings. Okay. And sir, just to set your expectation, with regard
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Speaker 1
Yeah. Oh no. Well I can change. Oh okay, so say that I
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Speaker 2
with regard to the links a smart wifi account ok um this um links a smart wifi website has been discontinued okay we no longer uh it it's it's no longer available okay so with regard to removing accounts creating another one uh that won't be possible this time because we've already get rid of the website so you can still access your router settings yeah you can still access your router settings locally um by using the uh router IP address or you can go to my router.local okay or you can use the app if you want to use the app there's an option there on the app to access it using the router password not your links a smart wifi account.
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Speaker 1
Again, so I can delete the Linksys account. I can still access the router you're. saying. Um, sto. Okay, I'm gonna. on the speaker so I can do it while we're talking, okay? Oh, I'm sorry. I'm gonna put you on speaker so that I can do it while we're talking. Okay. So, um,
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Speaker 2
[silence] Yes, you can still access the router settings using your Links app, using the router password, with a router password. So there's an option on the Links app to log in using router password, not the username and password. If you sign out from your Links Linksys Smart Wi-Fi. You close the app and reopen it, you should have an option. Okay. Okay.
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Speaker 1
So now will this prevent somebody could use that username and password? If the if the account is gone, that protects me, right? Okay, so what do I do? I'm in me? I'm in the app now. off. it's. Yep, I'm I don't know. Okay, logout, yep.
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Speaker 2
[silence]. Uh [silence]. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, do you have the option uh um, since you want to get rid of that, we don't have any option. I mean, we have we we don't have any access or option to remove your account here, okay? Because again, the website is no longer available. [silence]. Sowe we can uh what you can do? What we can do from uh from our end is we can um, you can log out from your links to Linksys Smart Wi-Fi account. If you go to account, there's an option for you to log out. Yes, and you um just close the [silence].
05:00
Speaker 1
Okay. Okay. Um, um, I'm I get manage your Wi-Fi and set up a new Wi-Fi network. uh, yeah, um, let me see. I think I'm I think I'm on a different network. I got I've got two networks. Um, let's see.
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Speaker 2
Okay, so once once you close, that's reopen it. Okay, and once you reopen, is there an option for you to log in using the router password? Okay, just go to manage your Wi-Fi. Are you connected to your network right now? If you go to Wi-Fi on your phone, that your Wi-Fi on your phone.
06:00
Speaker 1
Okay, I'm on a different network. Okay. Okay? Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay, says red router password. Let's create your router password. Okay. And so now, will I not be able to look at this remotely anymore?
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Speaker 2
Yes, you need to make sure that you're connected to your Linksys network. Yes, and then reopen the app. [silence] Yes, login, yes, that's it. Log in using router password. Yes, sir.
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Speaker 1
Yes. Oh. So if I so if, but if somebody else already has the username can they log in or no? You know what I'm saying? Well, I, I don't know. All I know is somebody went through the trouble last night of logging into an email address, changing the password and changing the recovery email for it. It was a Gmail account. And they did that all within two minutes. [silence]
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Speaker 2
You can only access your router settings locally. Uh the remote access has been discontinued, sir. If you have the username and password and are they trying to log into your router? [silence] Yes, Yes, I doubt they would be able to remotely access your router, sir, okay? Because, um, as I've mentioned, uh, that the remote access has been discontinued, okay? If they are, if they are doing it remotely, no, uh, they won't be able to do that anymore, okay? We, we linksys even don't have any access to that, so. [silence]
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Speaker 1
Right, um, and I can make the password incredibly hard, that would help too. Um, okay. Oh, it's Doug. I'm just, I'm just really flustered that somebody, that, that, you know, at 4:30 in the morning could get into my Gmail account and change, change the um, you know, how you have a, well, and I, I haven't even used that email account in probably three or four years.
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Speaker 2
Yes. For added security. Mm-hmm. I'm sorry. I wasn't able to get your name, sir. Hmm. Your credentials. Well, maybe can you recall if you happen to click on some links? Because uh, yeah, they they
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Speaker 1
Speaker 1: Yeah, I I'd never used that email account. And um, so it's one of the only email accounts I don't have to factor authentication on. And I was looking through all this, you know, what I had used that email for. And what they did is it it also changed, they said they changed the recovery email address. So when I go to say, okay, I want to recover that account, it sends it to an email address that I have no idea about. So, um, it's really, I hate cyber criminal people, bad people. Um, okay, um, let's see. Speaker 2: [silence] Speaker 1: Spear 2: Yeah, I I'd never used that speak. Speaker 1: yeah. [silence] Speaker 2: Okay. Uh-huh. Okay. But there's no way to change the email address anymore, like the account setup or anything. And I, and I can't, so I can't change it, and I can't delete the whole account, you're saying? Wow. Um, yeah, but the database has to reside somewhere. Okay. Okay. Okay. Um, I wonder how I change this password. Okay. Hmm. All right. I'm going with...
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Speaker 2
Yeah, I think they they've um archived the data but uh we no longer have access to it. So we can uh we can't do anything. Okay. Yeah. So with regard to uh the account issue, sir, yes. Um that's what I can suggest you to do. Yeah, cuz um it seems that your email address, that is a personal um email address. So yeah. Um as long as you make up a uh a stronger password and you enable your two-factor authentication, that should be okay. Just make sure you don't.
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Speaker 1
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I'm pretty, pretty careful about that, but man, I tell you what, it's really frustrating. Okay. Um, okay. All right, well, thank you, um, I guess it's time for me to buy a new router, huh? Yeah. Yeah, I just don't want Oh, yeah, it's everything's working fine. I just don't like the fact that somebody could remotely log in somehow, you know, Yeah, okay. Okay. All right. Well, I appreciate it.
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Speaker 2
I understand. Okay, not a problem. Yeah, actually the router is still okay. Your router will still work fine, it's not a problem. Your internet's is still working. Yeah. Yeah. I doubt they would be able to do that, because again the remote access has been discontinued, so they won't be able to do that anymore. Okay [silence] all right.
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Speaker 1
okay. okay. thanks. Thank you. Bye. [silence]
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Speaker 2
Sure, well, I thank you so much for your time. This is Epi again from Lynxis. Thank you for calling. Have a great day. Thank you. [silence]
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