so I don’t know if they’re more picky about what you use.
no one knows how picky they’re going to be 5-ish years from now because the borders of our self-imposed & AI-driven panopticon are going to be in a state of flux for at least another decade.
I hear you about the panopticon - I figured getting a Gl.iNet router is some protection, as I know what’s running on it and I can keep all my network traffic behind a VPN with a killswitch. Of course, they could try to make those illegal down the road. Who knows.
GL.iNet’s devices come with their own fork of OpenWRT pre-installed. The UI is easy to navigate and it does everything I need it to, so I haven’t felt any need to install OpenWRT proper, but if you want to, I believe you can easily find instructions to do so online.
do they share the fork that they’re using on github/gitea/codeberg/etc. that you know of?
Of course, they could try to make those illegal down the road. Who knows.
that’s the clever part; they don’t have to make it illegal because the american carriers are self-censoring themselves for pre-compliance and (i suspect) to minimize any controversy/publicity/awareness about it.
no one knows how picky they’re going to be 5-ish years from now because the borders of our self-imposed & AI-driven panopticon are going to be in a state of flux for at least another decade.
did your device come with openwrt?
I hear you about the panopticon - I figured getting a Gl.iNet router is some protection, as I know what’s running on it and I can keep all my network traffic behind a VPN with a killswitch. Of course, they could try to make those illegal down the road. Who knows.
GL.iNet’s devices come with their own fork of OpenWRT pre-installed. The UI is easy to navigate and it does everything I need it to, so I haven’t felt any need to install OpenWRT proper, but if you want to, I believe you can easily find instructions to do so online.
do they share the fork that they’re using on github/gitea/codeberg/etc. that you know of?
that’s the clever part; they don’t have to make it illegal because the american carriers are self-censoring themselves for pre-compliance and (i suspect) to minimize any controversy/publicity/awareness about it.
They have a lot on their github, but I have no idea if it’s current: https://github.com/orgs/gl-inet/repositories
If my ISP tries banning my router, I’ll be finding a new ISP. Of course, that’s not going to help if they all fall in line.