Comments on: Privacy

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 00:25:41 +0000

The user name is ‘admin’ and the password is either nothing or ‘admin’ and some brands won’t let you change the user name.

The Pi thing is simply a matter of creating an SD card. I can pull the ubuntu-Mate card out and put in the Tor card. Not a lot of profit potential in programming and selling SD cards. 🙂 I might give the Invizbox a try depending on how annoying Cox gets.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 07:43:59 +0000

Kryten, I have the same basic router, but without the DSL modem part. Unfortunately most of my devices like my Roku box or my Android tablet connect to the router via WiFi. I use LastPass to generate my passwords, they’re nice and long with reasonable entropy but I do chop them up a bit to make them easier to enter on device “keyboards”. Usually I’m on the wired network though. Especially since I scored a 10 gigabit switch for cheap off of eBay and made my NAS and my Windows desktop use it :).

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 05:14:09 +0000

One of the reasons I bought the ASUS DSL-AC68U modem/router was that it could be flashed to use DD-WRT or Tomato. I have DD-WRT currently & have been wanting to try Tomato for a while. Just waiting for the next update. I also use Ghostscript VPN & occasionally TOR.

That Pi HotSpot is a good idea. Maybe you can make them on order & make a few bucks Brian. 😉 🙂 Too bad the Anonabox turned out to be a big con! *sigh*

Something people should always do on their router at a minimum to enhance their security (though it will only do a little for privacy) is (where possible):

* Change the default administrator username & password. Use a good long password (>10 mixed case characters/numbers/symbols),
* If you don’t use WiFi on the router, disable it (most allow you to turn it off). Safest way to connect to the router is via Ethernet cable.
* If you do use WiFi, change the SSID (or name of your wireless network) & set it to “hidden”,
* Set the wireless security mode to WPA2 & again choose a good, long password (>10 mixed characters),
* Disable WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup)! The word “protected” is at best a bad joke!

There are other things you can do, but they are mainly dependent on the router/modem.