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Hmm, any suggestions on a good router that won't spy on me?

To be clear, this router does not spy on you. If you want to enable features like the virus detection service or traffic history / analysis, those features rely on upstream services and your data will be sent to ASUS / Trend Micro.

Unless I'm missing something from the article, I won't be trading in my ASUS, I just won't be turning these features on.

I wanted to be able to suggest using something like ubiquiti or mikrotik.

But then I realize that I have no idea how secure/private those are either.

I imagine pfSense is good (or any of the forks) for privacy. But that can be pretty overkill, and really shouldnt be necessary just for a small SOHO router.

Mikrotik

https://www.amazon.com/Mikrotik-Routerboard-RB2011UiAS-2HnD-...

Only down side is that its doesn't support AC.

You can split it into a router and a wireless access point. Run pfsense or lede on the router, and use any commercial access point (ubiquiti seems to be a good bang for the buck).

Turris Omnia

That's good but pricey. The new $49 expression bin board on kickstarter based on the Marvell Armada Aarch64 SOC with mainline support seems delightful for a router.

But the Turris may be a more suitable alternative to an off the shelf router.

Omnia has a similar opt-in feature. Everything is open source though (including hardware).

Omnia is a good concept, but the execution isn't quite there yet. I had ordered one, which I ended up returning due to a broken hardware part and less than stellar software. Maybe in a couple of years, it will be a solid platform.

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