Ah, consumer products. Regardless of what the product in question is, therre’s a certain amount of “design” that goes into the device. Not design which might make the product more user-friendly, or useful, or in any way better. No, “design”, which means it looks nicer on the shelf at Target, or Best Buy, or has a better image on its Amazon listing. The manufacturer wants you to buy it, but they don’t really care if you use it.

This thinking extends to any software that may be on the device. This is obviously true if it’s your basic Internet of Garbage device, but it’s often true of something we depend on far more: consumer grade routers.

Micha Koryak just bought a new router, and the first thing he did was peek through the code on the device. Like most routers, it has a web-based configuration tool, and thus it has a directory called “applets” which contains JavaScript.

Javascript like this:

function a6(ba) {
    if (ba == "0") {
        return ad.find("#wireless-channel-auto").text()
    } else {
        if (ba == "1") {
            return "1 - 2.412 GHz"
        } else {
            if (ba == "2") {
                return "2 - 2.417 GHz"
            } else {
                if (ba == "3") {
                    return "3 - 2.422 GHz"
                } else {
                    if (ba == "4") {
                        return "4 - 2.427 GHz"
                    } else {
                        if (ba == "5") {
                            return "5 - 2.432 GHz"
                        } else {
                            if (ba == "6") {
                                return "6 - 2.437 GHz"
                            } else {
                                if (ba == "7") {
                                    return "7 - 2.442 GHz"
                                } else {
                                    if (ba == "8") {
                                        return "8 - 2.447 GHz"
                                    } else {
                                        if (ba == "9") {
                                            return "9 - 2.452 GHz"
                                        } else {
                                            if (ba == "10") {
                                                return "10 - 2.457 GHz"
                                            } else {
                                                if (ba == "11") {
                                                    return "11 - 2.462 GHz"
                                                } else {
                                                    if (ba == "12") {
                                                        return "12 - 2.467 GHz"
                                                    } else {
                                                        if (ba == "13") {
                                                            return "13 - 2.472 GHz"
                                                        } else {
                                                            if (ba == "14") {
                                                                return "14 - 2.484 GHz"
                                                            } else {
                                                                if (ba == "34") {
                                                                    return "34 - 5.170 GHz"
                                                                } else {
                                                                    if (ba == "36") {
                                                                        return "36 - 5.180 GHz"
                                                                    } else {
                                                                        if (ba == "38") {
                                                                            return "38 - 5.190 GHz"
                                                                        } else {
                                                                            if (ba == "40") {
                                                                                return "40 - 5.200 GHz"
                                                                            } else {
                                                                                if (ba == "42") {
                                                                                    return "42 - 5.210 GHz"
                                                                                } else {
                                                                                    if (ba == "44") {
                                                                                        return "44 - 5.220 GHz"
                                                                                    } else {
                                                                                        if (ba == "46") {
                                                                                            return "46 - 5.230 GHz"
                                                                                        } else {
                                                                                            if (ba == "48") {
                                                                                                return "48 - 5.240 GHz"
                                                                                            } else {
                                                                                                if (ba == "52") {
                                                                                                    return "52 - 5.260 GHz"
                                                                                                } else {
                                                                                                    if (ba == "56") {
                                                                                                        return "56 - 5.280 GHz"
                                                                                                    } else {
                                                                                                        if (ba == "60") {
                                                                                                            return "60 - 5.300 GHz"
                                                                                                        } else {
                                                                                                            if (ba == "64") {
                                                                                                                return "64 - 5.320 GHz"
                                                                                                            } else {
                                                                                                                if (ba == "100") {
                                                                                                                    return "100 - 5.500 GHz"
                                                                                                                } else {
                                                                                                                    if (ba == "104") {
                                                                                                                        return "104 - 5.520 GHz"
                                                                                                                    } else {
                                                                                                                        if (ba == "108") {
                                                                                                                            return "108 - 5.540 GHz"
                                                                                                                        } else {
                                                                                                                            if (ba == "112") {
                                                                                                                                return "112 - 5.560 GHz"
                                                                                                                            } else {
                                                                                                                                if (ba == "116") {
                                                                                                                                    return "116 - 5.580 GHz"
                                                                                                                                } else {
                                                                                                                                    if (ba == "120") {
                                                                                                                                        return "120 - 5.600 GHz"
                                                                                                                                    } else {
                                                                                                                                        if (ba == "124") {
                                                                                                                                            return "124 - 5.620 GHz"
                                                                                                                                        } else {
                                                                                                                                            if (ba == "128") {
                                                                                                                                                return "128 - 5.640 GHz"
                                                                                                                                            } else {
                                                                                                                                                if (ba == "132") {
                                                                                                                                                    return "132 - 5.660 GHz"
                                                                                                                                                } else {
                                                                                                                                                    if (ba == "136") {
                                                                                                                                                        return "136 - 5.680 GHz"
                                                                                                                                                    } else {
                                                                                                                                                        if (ba == "140") {
                                                                                                                                                            return "140 - 5.700 GHz"
                                                                                                                                                        } else {
                                                                                                                                                            if (ba == "149") {
                                                                                                                                                                return "149 - 5.745 GHz"
                                                                                                                                                            } else {
                                                                                                                                                                if (ba == "153") {
                                                                                                                                                                    return "153 - 5.765 GHz"
                                                                                                                                                                } else {
                                                                                                                                                                    if (ba == "157") {
                                                                                                                                                                        return "157 - 5.785 GHz"
                                                                                                                                                                    } else {
                                                                                                                                                                        if (ba == "161") {
                                                                                                                                                                            return "161 - 5.805 GHz"
                                                                                                                                                                        } else {
                                                                                                                                                                            if (ba == "165") {
                                                                                                                                                                                return "165 - 5.825 GHz"
                                                                                                                                                                            } else {
                                                                                                                                                                                if (ba == "184") {
                                                                                                                                                                                    return "184 - 4.920 GHz"
                                                                                                                                                                                } else {
                                                                                                                                                                                    if (ba == "188") {
                                                                                                                                                                                        return "188 - 4.940 GHz"
                                                                                                                                                                                    } else {
                                                                                                                                                                                        if (ba == "192") {
                                                                                                                                                                                            return "192 - 4.960 GHz"
                                                                                                                                                                                        } else {
                                                                                                                                                                                            if (ba == "196") {
                                                                                                                                                                                                return "196 - 4.980 GHz"
                                                                                                                                                                                            } else {
                                                                                                                                                                                                return ""
                                                                                                                                                                                            }
                                                                                                                                                                                        }
                                                                                                                                                                                    }
                                                                                                                                                                                }
                                                                                                                                                                            }
                                                                                                                                                                        }
                                                                                                                                                                    }
                                                                                                                                                                }
                                                                                                                                                            }
                                                                                                                                                        }
                                                                                                                                                    }
                                                                                                                                                }
                                                                                                                                            }
                                                                                                                                        }
                                                                                                                                    }
                                                                                                                                }
                                                                                                                            }
                                                                                                                        }
                                                                                                                    }
                                                                                                                }
                                                                                                            }
                                                                                                        }
                                                                                                    }
                                                                                                }
                                                                                            }
                                                                                        }
                                                                                    }
                                                                                }
                                                                            }
                                                                        }
                                                                    }
                                                                }
                                                            }
                                                        }
                                                    }
                                                }
                                            }
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
}
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