ASUS’s new routers will come with a top VPN built-in
It will come with a top VPN built-in.
What VPN?
Top. VPN.
That’s a weird way to say “Bloatware”.
Most routers have supported OpenVPN for years
You guys don’t get it. This is aimed at the red necks in states banning porn. It’s a brilliant way to get their money without having to teach them how to do anything technical.
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top vpn
its nordvpn
Yeah that’ll be a pass thx
Add this to the pile of reasons to never buy any ASUS product ever again…
If the VPN is NordVPN which is already well known and you’re publicly declaring that you’re installing that specific VPN in the firmware of routers then all you’re really doing is telling any bad actor exactly how to exploit your router.
The biggest vulnerability in tech, aside from human beings, is homogeneity of services.
If everyone with an ASUS router uses different VPN services outside of the firmware to obscure their traffic, then you don’t have one single point of failure.
IF every router comes with the same VPN company, then a bad actor can attack that single company and potentially own all the routers.
There’s a story breaking *today* about 2FA service authy being hacked and exposing 33 million phone numbers.
The more you centralize the greater incentive you give to bad actors to exploit your solution.
Of all the “top” VPN’s, they chose an eagerly receiving bottom.
yeah, the hell I’m going to trust asus with anything security related.
As I also follow a wood working sub Reddit, that title threw me off for a second…lol
I actually would find this useful. Currently I have Nord set up on my Asus router with the manual Openvpn profiles. I wonder if this means you can use wireguard now
And the VPN company gives them a cut of the ad revenue made from selling browsing habits
no thanks i won’t support this corrupt company until i see real change, and yes im aware they promised to change, it hasnt happened yet
lol, they have been doing this since forever for “gaming” routers that would come with WTFast vpn. I guess they realize it’s no longer working and needs some new marketing to match the current trends
To absolutely not spy and sell your data.
Glad they’ll make it easier to sell your data
And I will disable it immediately.
Like this is something new? There are already routers that you could set up a VPN on. And more than just NordVPN. They’ve been available for years.