Cisco is the Latest Tech Giant to Come Under Fire for Privacy Policies

  Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO)  had ‘forced’ its cloud service called ‘Cisco Connect Cloud’ on the users of its LinkSys devices, earlier this week. The update was of a essential, and the customer had to download and install it, or else be stuck with a non-functioning device. The troubles with this default update were: After installing the automatic firmware  update, the useful router management tools available in a Web browser became unavailable. In order to access these handy tools, customers had to sign up for Cisco’s cloud service. If they didnt they would be unable to use the adminstrative features of router management…