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Smart TVs are like “a digital Trojan Horse” in people’s homes | 48-page report urges FTC, FCC to investigate connected TV industry data harvesting. (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I need to replace my router as it's coming to end of life. I want one with vlan so I can put all my iot on a separate lan. Any recommendations?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I recently picked up a GL-iNet Flint 2 because it's a powerhouse and one of the easiest routers to flash Open-WRT onto. If you don't want to mess with firnware flashing, it comes stock with their fork of Open-WRT. So, either way, you have a ton of control over your router, including setting up VLANs and running AdGuard.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Thank you for the reply - you've offered a great opportunity to ask another question 😂

    I was looking at adguard. Is this something worth the subscription? I was looking at it because it seems to handle a lot of ads, including those on mobile games and stuff. But in my cursory glance, people are saying it's not safe...

    I'll look at the GL-iNet because a) I want a powerhouse and b) I want nothing to do with flashing firmware haha

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    AdGuard as a service is alright, but it’s essentially just a pihole that you don’t have any control over. It does DNS level blocking, which means the ads get blocked before they even load on your network.

    The issue is that since you’re routing all of your DNS traffic through AdGuard, you’re directly telling AdGuard which sites you are using. So there are concerns that you are just shifting the data collection from the ad companies to AdGuard instead, but AdGuard has the ability to be way more invasive in how the collect data.

    Just set up dual piholes (one for your primary DNS, and one for your secondary DNS) instead. You get the exact same end result, without any of the data collection worry.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have the Ubiquiti Edgerouter X. I got it mostly because at the time it was on sale 😂 but it seems to have decent support. Note that you will have to get a wireless AP as the Edgerouter is a pure router without WiFi function. Lots of people also like Mikrotik products.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'll check out mikrotik - thanks!

    I don't really understand the rest of what you said haha

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Mikrotik are really aimed at advanced users, ubiquiti brand themselves as prosumer products. I found the Ubiquiti interface a complete mess - but it could just be me.

    If it can run OpenWRT I'd suggest taking that path (if you like to tinker / the device supports it). My Google WiFi hubs are still humming away after all these years - now with way more features and a usable interface!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    For consumer grade gear, Ubiquiti is probably the best bet. Unless you want to get into the commercial side of things, but that’s prohibitively expensive for the average person.

    Personally I run a GL.iNet system. I like it being completely open source, and the Flint 2 is a workhorse of a router. But as far as ease of use and config, Ubiquiti is certainly more straightforward.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    This might be my ignorance, but the Ubiquiti stuff I'm finding seems to be all commercial. I ended up getting a good price on the Flint 2 and it should be here next Friday. I'm hoping to chunk out some time setting it up on the 20th

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