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Vincent says "Our cloud data is absolutely secure, so you don't need to worry"

What the fuck does a WiFi Access Point need a cloud connection and an account for? Other than spying on me?

Well, it was possible without this a few firmware updates ago.

I did some more research: The device has the exact same hardware as the 3x more expensive one you actually own, just other firmware.

https://blog.wyraz.de/posts/2026-10-06-converting-a-tp-link-festa-f52-outdoor-into-an-omada-eap225-outdoor/

Fuck you, TP-Link!

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[–] rcbrk@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Looks like it might be supported by OpenWrt soon: https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tp-link_festa_f52-outdoor_v1

Status: Device support is proposed in OpenWrt PR #24903 and depends on firmware-utils PR #74. Neither PR has been merged at the time this draft was checked. No official OpenWrt image is linked here. Do not flash an EAP225-Outdoor image to the F52-Outdoor merely because their hardware is similar.