That’s not an excuse to run applications like that
At best, they’re useless, typically, they track your browsing behavior, at worst, they inject harmful content into e. g. websites you visit.
This is a pihole/Adguard home type service with centralized blocklists. No more, no less.
As far as I am aware “they” cannot inject anything into any website. That would require some pretty nifty mitm attack.
I have not personally reviewed all of the code, but the people making AsusWRT-merlin that this router runs have a pretty good idea about it. I will let RMerlin speak on this issue, knowing more about this than myself.
It is definitely something to be aware of and consider for yourself. But just maybe people have some knee jerk reactions sometimes that are not helpful.
Why would you let Asus nanny you? They can’t even make hardware that doesn’t spontaneously break.
To be honest, that filter is so useless I didn’t even remember it was on. 😁 Can’t remember if it blocked anything else … ever
That’s not an excuse to run applications like that At best, they’re useless, typically, they track your browsing behavior, at worst, they inject harmful content into e. g. websites you visit.
Who’s excusing anything here?
This is a pihole/Adguard home type service with centralized blocklists. No more, no less.
As far as I am aware “they” cannot inject anything into any website. That would require some pretty nifty mitm attack.
I have not personally reviewed all of the code, but the people making AsusWRT-merlin that this router runs have a pretty good idea about it. I will let RMerlin speak on this issue, knowing more about this than myself.
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/384-6-now-sharing-data-to-trend-micro.48202/page-9#post-540572
It is definitely something to be aware of and consider for yourself. But just maybe people have some knee jerk reactions sometimes that are not helpful.