@Keith_Beddoewrote:
Provided it will work with BT YouView, and it compatible with your broadband connection, there would be no problem. Not sure why you think YouView is a security risk?
Until i upgraded at the new BT Youview box my connection was fully stealthed. With all my ports stealthed none knew my IP address was active, in short i wasn't online to the rest of the world. It made me safe against hackers. The BT Youview box is flawed in that i now have a port (1024) that is not only active, it also responds to pings, the first tool for hacking. In short i have a homing beacon or light at the window telling everyone i'm home. Now if i'm a hacker, under the old setup i would all scan BT ports for a response to locate a victim. Under the new setup all a hacker has to do is ping port 1024 to find a victim. My firewall would probably pick up a full scan of my ports, but most firewalls would fail to identify a single ping to a single port as an attack. Once the hacker gets a reply from port 1024, that's it, job done. From that moment the hacker has found what he was looking for. The hacker can then forget port 1024 and get down to business. Due to limited intellect at BT they have made their entire BTTV customer base a target for every script jocky on the planet.
The problem is a serious one that should have been spotted because it contravenes common sense.
