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myrakle··on A Router That Talks OpenVPN, IPsec and WireGuard
OpenVPN has high demand on CPU power, and multiple cores don't help. Performance on routers is especially bad.
myrakle··on Smart TVs like Samsung, LG and Roku are tracking everything
DD-WRT would probably let you block domains. Pi-hole might be useful too. To be effective, you need your black or white listing to be device specific, so that you can block your smart TV in whatever way you want to without affecting other devices.
myrakle··on Smart TVs like Samsung, LG and Roku are tracking everything
Actually, white listing is a better idea. You can white list with the PCWRT router too.
myrakle··on Smart TVs like Samsung, LG and Roku are tracking everything
I use the PCWRT router, and it allows me to block the spying by blacklisting the relevant domains.

https://www.pcwrt.com/2018/08/how-to-use-your-router-to-bloc...

myrakle··on Facebook Portal – Privacy review
There were multiple instances of Echo waking up when the user didn't utter the wake word.
myrakle··on Facebook Portal – Privacy review
That's pretty impressive. Only 300 000 users affected & still promising to do better next year!
myrakle··on How to Keep Your Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant Voice Recordings Private
It can't be truly private as long as the data is still on their servers.
myrakle··on $14M Ransomware Attack
No offline backups?