Google Chrome 77 Breaks Login Pages on Netgear Devices:
Google Chrome 77, released yesterday, has broken the login pages on modern Netegar[sic] devices, according to an avalanche of complaints on the company's official forum.
Devices like Nighthawk routers [1, 2, 3], Orbi WiFi meshes/routers, N600 modems, and ReadyNAS network-attached storage (NAS) systems [1, 2] appear to have been impacted.
According to reports, users trying to access their devices' admin page are either being redirected to the password page instead, or seeing an access denied error message.
While most people don't need to access their routers or modems' administration pages on a daily basis, the issue has had a more significant impact on owners of Netgear NAS equipment.
Netgear suggests using Firefox or Edge as a workaround.
Personally, I've never been a fan of automatic updating. Feel free to remind me to check, but it should be my decision to actually perform the check and/or update
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @12:12PM (1 child)
So basically the Chrome devs don't know what the F they are doing. Starting with removing the protocol from the urlbar, which is still causing problems to this day, it's just been a shitshow.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 14 2019, @02:18PM
Given all the crap the Chrome dev's have been doing (remove http: from url bar, etc.), yes, the Chrome dev's simply do not know what the F they are doing.
Stop using Chrome.... That is the only option.