Just like you can change your Windows PC to Linux, or install a custom ROM on Android, to have better control over your devices, it is also possible to change the firmware on most routers.

OpenWRT is the most popular option for that. It’s a Linux based firmware, that has a package manager allowing you to install additional things on your router.

For example, I have a TP-Link TL-WR902AC v3. Out of the box it is just a USB-powered 5GHz extender. After installing OpenWRT to it, I added:

• WireGuard: to route all the traffic over my VPN
• DNS-over-HTTPS: to encrypt all DNS requests
• USBIP: this is because I sometimes use it to connect a webcam for my cat, and I forward the camera to my server in another room

By adding WG and DoH to the “repeater”, I can connect this little guy to any public WiFi, and securely connect my devices to it.

Sure, if your router supports DoH or DoT. Most consumer routers don’t. I know that Mikrotik supports it out of the box, and OpenWRT has a package for that.

Oh, ok. I am in EU.

My parents wouldn’t even notice that their computer decided to encrypt their files. And they will blame the service guy for not being able to recover their photos, in case of hardware failure.

Teams is like a Discord replacement. Yammer is probably like a Facebook/Twitter replacement.

I have heard people at my work actually using it. I was thinking of starting posting about Linux there, just for the troll, as the company seems to like/trust Microsoft a bit too much.

I think they want you to only use Windows and pay for cloud storage.

By enforcing BitLocker and Secure Boot, they are trying to eliminate dual-booting (you don’t need to dual-boot Windows/Linux anyway, as you can just use WSL2 /s).

By enforcing disk encryption, in general, they try to force the use of cloud storage, by making data recovery nearly impossible. Most people are probably too lazy to buy external storage, and manually copy their files over.

This guarantees 2 money streams. One from Windows’s tracking/advertising and the other from OneDrive subscriptions.

Which version of Win 10 are you using? My girl’s Win 10 Pro laptop is still unencrypted.

At least, FB still has some content made by humans. On LinkedIn, every single post is AI generated. People try to promote their ideas or views, but they all rely on AI to make their posts “readable”.

I think it’s like an internal social media for your Office 365 group. We have Yammer at work but I have never opened it.