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Should I get a new router?
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this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2026
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It absolutely does matter. The obvious privacy aspect is that it's the base of your entire network so it can gobble up all your data. The security aspect is that routers based on OpenWRT get security updates for many many years, unlike typical routers.