Singtel’s modem sat quietly on the shelf — a sleek white box that never asked for attention. Mei logged into the router’s admin page the way she’d done years ago and found something she didn’t expect: a firmware notification and a highlighted message that read, “Password change vulnerability patched.” Her stomach flipped from annoyance to relief. The message meant two things: there had been a weakness that could let someone tamper with or override Wi‑Fi credentials, and Singtel had just issued a fix.