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Router firmware is the most underrated form of tech liberation most people ignore (self.openwrt)

submitted 1 day ago by AbsolutelyNotCats to c/openwrt

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Most people never think about what runs on their router, treating it like an appliance that just works. OpenWrt shows your network hardware can be something entirely different from the ISP surveillance node they shipped you. Running open firmware on a router puts you in control of your local network in a way proprietary OS updates on phones or laptops never will. That autonomy matters because the router sits at the choke point of your entire digital life. If we actually cared about privacy we'd be having very different conversations about the firmware running on billions of devices. When did you last think about what your router actually runs? #privacy #FOSS #techliberation #router #opennet

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[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, they would never bother sniffing packets client side. But given most people tend to use their home router as their main network device rather than having it manage a DMZ and provide a gateway for a firewall protected network, compromising your router would be a good way to gain access to your devices. An ISP is probably unlikely to have any interest in doing that, 3rd parties on the other hand might be more interested (law enforcement, criminal groups, law enforcement connected hate groups ..). Given law enforcement might want compromised routers then they might be interested in forcing ISPs to comply.