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Self Hosting for Privacy - Importance of Owning your own Modem/Router? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hi there, I’m looking to get into self-hosting for privacy reasons and I wanted to ask y’all: how inadvisable is it to utilize an ISP-owned router/modem? I feel like they’re able to track everything I do online with their more than likely integrated spyware.

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[–] 10 points 8 months ago

Owning your own modem/router gives you full access to security features. It gives you opportunity to install custom firmware. If you can spring for the $$, I think it would be advisable. That way, the only thing you need from your ISP is the cable/delivery device piping internet into your house.

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