I’m shopping for a new router and I would prefer something from a company that isn’t stealing my data and spying on me at every opportunity.
I live in a small house, 1100ish square feet. I have 8 wifi cameras, 6 computers (two are for work), a handful of phones and tablets, nearly 50 lights and other smart devices, and lastly I have 10 Sonos wifi speakers. I would also strongly prefer something that is wall or ceiling mountable.
My current router is buckling and can’t handle the load. I would very much appreciate any advice or recommendations you can offer me while I’m shopping!
the spying happens at the ISP server level, your router won’t change that
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/the-nsa-slide-you-havent-seen/2013/07/10/32801426-e8e6-11e2-aa9f-c03a72e2d342_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/agreements-with-private-companies-protect-us-access-to-cables-data-for-surveillance/2013/07/06/aa5d017a-df77-11e2-b2d4-ea6d8f477a01_story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/us/politics/att-helped-nsa-spy-on-an-array-of-internet-traffic.html
Look into trustworthy VPNs or using Tor to hopefully prevent your internet traffic from being spied on
yeah
although many brands are so full of security holes it might be both. And while I haven’t bought a router in a while it wouldn’t shock me if some of the bargain brands are doing data collection