At risk of sounding stupid, I need some pointers on how to set up a Wi-Fi router and make it as private and secure as possible.

To sound even more stupid, I don’t really know what PiHole is, or why some people route their traffic through a VPN. I suppose my main questions are these:

  • What Wi-Fi router should I get?
  • How do I configurate it as somebody who is somewhat privacy-conscious but not very tech-savvy?

I don’t really know how regular Wi-Fi routers work, what the common worries are, how/if data is at risk of being leaked, and so on. So, any pointers would be appreciated! Feel free to direct me to any privacy guides, as well. Cheers!

  • pezhore
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    2 months ago

    The other thing to keep in mind with PiHole - some things are just going to break with it’s default blocking, namely the Google suggested results.

    i know, I know - just don’t use google, but android phones/parents have a hard time not just braindead going to Google for results.

    It’s not the end of the world - I’ve trained myself to just keep scrolling to actual results.

    Another feature for PiHole is local DNS - if you want, you can set up custom dnsmasq entries for self hosted/internal services.