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[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 years ago (8 children)

"Does either model spy on me?"

"Yes."

"Which one?"

"Yes."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (6 children)

The one on the right is ASUS, they make pretty good quality hardware and software and don't spy on you, at least for what concerns routers.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You are talking about the same Asus that uses proprietary Trend Micro spyware on all its routers? At least it can be disabled, but by default it is enabled and spies on you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes. I thus recommend to flash Asuswrt-merlin. It is based on the stock Asus firmware, plus some features and minus some inconveniences as the one you mention.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I assume if it can be flashed it can take OpenWRT too? I like the aesthetic, but IDK I think I'd rather not support them at all if they put spying software on their stock installs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I have a ASUS RTAX53U running OpenWrt 23.05.

Here you can find a list of devices supported by the current version.

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