pcWRT @pcWRT

Security/privacy WiFi router built on OpenWrt. OpenVPN, IPsec, WireGuard VPN client/server. VLAN, Builtin pi-hole like Ad blocking, access control/monitoring. pcwrt.com Dallas, TX Joined April 2015

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pcWRT @pcWRT

3 days ago

@IceSolst This is easily blocked. China's gfw blocked this trick decades ago.

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2 weeks ago

@NordVPN @shimizuHCM Your problem is the router. Use a faster router.

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2 weeks ago

@PeterDiamandis Why would anyone want to learn anything an LLM can do?

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2 weeks ago

Actually, surfshark works with BBC iPlayer. You just need to use their DNS server.

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4 weeks ago

Which VPN works for BBC iPlayer? It seems that SurfShark does not, despite claims that it does.

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2 weeks ago

@mullvadnet It's about control. People thinking they are in control will be the controlled one day.

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2 weeks ago

@Suze_1999 @mullvadnet I believe mullvad is available in the play store. But you can always put VPN on a router if side loading is not possible.

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3 weeks ago

@TechCrunch It may work, or it may backfire. Same with US.

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4 weeks ago

@MyStartMail Who's to blame? Zuck isn't writing the code.

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4 weeks ago

@TeamTalaricoHQ He was divorced by his wife on biblical grounds.

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4 weeks ago

@Showy005 @durov

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4 weeks ago

@MyStartMail What research? Citation?

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pcWRT @pcWRT

4 weeks ago

Contrary to popular belief, multi-hop VPNs bring limited security benefit, if any. portal.pcwrt.com/blog/2026/05/2…

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4 weeks ago

@naomibrockwell You can block TV spying on the router portal.pcwrt.com/blog/2018/08/0…

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pcWRT @pcWRT

a month ago

@Showy005 DM us. We may have something for you to test with. True VPN.

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a month ago

@ivpnnet Another reason to run your VPN on a router. More Android VPN leaking here: portal.pcwrt.com/blog/2025/01/2…

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Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell

a month ago

We started calling it "measurement" and "metrics" because "egregious invasion into your personal life" didn't have the right ring to it.

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Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell

a month ago

Try GrapheneOS. You'll immediately stop feeling watched.

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International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest

a month ago

‼️🚨 ALARMING: Google now treats privacy as suspicious behavior by default. Users of GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, /e/OS, and other deGoogled Android phones are being locked out of millions of websites unless they install the exact Google Play Services software they deliberately removed. GrapheneOS is recommended by the EFF and used by journalists, lawyers, and activists in high-risk environments. The audience most likely to read Google's data practices and refuse its terms is now flagged as fraudulent for that exact decision. What happened?: ▪️ Google announced "Cloud Fraud Defense" at Cloud Next on April 22-23, 2026, branding it "the next evolution of reCAPTCHA." Existing reCAPTCHA customers were auto-migrated. ▪️ When the system flags traffic as suspicious, the old click-the-bus puzzle is gone. Users get a QR code instead. ▪️ Scanning the QR code requires Google Play Services running on the device. Internet Archive snapshots show this requirement has been live since at least October 2025, silently rolled out for 7 months before anyone noticed. ▪️ No Play Services = no QR scan = locked out. The bigger picture: ▪️ Google already tried this in 2023. It was called Web Environment Integrity (WEI), and it would have let Google decide which devices were "real enough" to access the web. Standards bodies and the public pushed back hard, and Google killed it. Three years later, the same idea is back, just hidden behind a QR code instead of a browser feature. ▪️ reCAPTCHA runs on millions of websites. Every developer who keeps using it is now, by default, telling deGoogled Android users they're not welcome...

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pcWRT @pcWRT

2 months ago

The risks of saving passwords...in Microsoft edge, maybe other systems too. Big names may be proud of what they do, but it doesn't mean they understand.

International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest

2 months ago

‼️🚨 Microsoft calls this "intended behaviour," so here we go. How to dump the credentials of every user stored in Microsoft Edge: 1. Open Edge. Don't browse anywhere, just open it. 2. Flip to Task Manager, find Edge, expand the task. 3. Highlight the "browser" sub-task,