Lately I’ve been trying to degoogle/decorp my life in an effort to increase my privacy. So far I’m running GrapheneOS, using open-source software/apps (VPN, email, cloud storage etc), switched to Linux, switched browsers/search engines, and even switched from smart devices to analog ones. The only thing I have left that I can reasonably give up is a google home router. However, new routers are quite expensive for me. Is it worth buying a new one or does it even matter?
It absolutely does matter. The obvious privacy aspect is that it’s the base of your entire network so it can gobble up all your data. The security aspect is that routers based on OpenWRT get security updates for many many years, unlike typical routers.