'Once you click it into place, the router's screen offers you the chance to format the hard drive, and you're off and running.' -- what about the default password
Also promising -- or troubling, depending on your point of view -- is the addition of new services such as voice over IP (VoIP), which can create a more client-like attack surface on routers, and the federally mandated Lawful Intercept Functionality, which enables wiretapping and can create vulnerabilities in service provider equipment.