Submitted by zddy in Tech (edited )

Anyone have any experience with these?

I am guessing its not to be used as a normal router, though, it said something about it could be dangerous to log into personal accounts with it. Might have read that wrong.

Any thoughts?

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avbeav wrote

You could also just find a OpenWRT-compatible router and set it up to tunnel the traffic through Tor. It's quite easy to install.

it could be dangerous to log into personal accounts with it.

If an exit note is MITMing your connection and you log in to a personal account on a HTTPS-lookalike connection then, yea, sure, it can get hijacked, but these days most web browsers show warn you when trying to submit login credentials over HTTP.

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zddy OP wrote

Would there really be an advantage to tunelling the traffic through Tor if I am already using the browser?

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Syrinx wrote

It would also tunnel non browser traffic and let you access tor on devices that couldn't normally do that on.

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Ryebread wrote

I wouldn't trust this one bit. Manufacturer set hard coded password? I'll pass

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stoned_chief wrote (edited )

This just looks like a glorified router, I wouldn't go for it. I'd recommend you set up your own OnionPi, it's cheaper and more trustworthy since it's open source (I think) and you'd be setting it up yourself. Or just set Tor up on an OpenWRT router as /u/avbeav suggested. I'd imagine you could also do it on a libreCMC router.

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