Revisiting Making Your Own Internet Router In 2026

After my recent misadventures setting up an OpenWrt installation on a scruffy e-waste-level x86 PC, quite a few people chimed in with feedback, criticism and friendly hostility regarding things lik…

Hackaday

Wi-Fi Router vs. Mesh System: Which Is Best for You?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/mesh-system-vs-wi-fi-router/

Alerta del KIT: el beamforming (WiFi 5) envía BFI sin cifrar; al analizarlo podrían rastrearte e incluso identificarte dentro de casa sin móvil. Recomendación: firmware al día y desactivar funciones extra. https://aidoo.news/noticia/Wjg0vn

#Privacidad #Routers #SeguridadInformatica #Investigacion

El router WiFi de tu casa podría estar espiándote sin que lo sepas a través de esta función oculta

Investigación del Instituto de Tecnología de Karlsruhe alerta de que funciones modernas de routers, como la información beamforming (BFI), pueden usarse para id

Aidoo Noticias

Alerta del KIT: el beamforming (WiFi 5) envía BFI sin cifrar; al analizarlo podrían rastrearte e incluso identificarte dentro de casa sin móvil. Recomendación: firmware al día y desactivar funciones extra. https://aidoo.news/noticia/Wjg0vn

#Privacidad #Routers #SeguridadInformatica #Investigacion

El router WiFi de tu casa podría estar espiándote sin que lo sepas a través de esta función oculta

Investigación del Instituto de Tecnología de Karlsruhe alerta de que funciones modernas de routers, como la información beamforming (BFI), pueden usarse para id

Aidoo Noticias

Okay, now I am not freaking out at all.

Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy
Scientists say ordinary WiFi routers may soon be able to secretly recognize and track people with near-perfect accuracy.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260522023127.htm

#surveillance #tracking #wifi #routers

Thanks @contrapunctus for sharing this.

Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy

Scientists in Germany have demonstrated a startling new form of surveillance: identifying people using nothing more than ordinary WiFi signals. By analyzing how radio waves bounce around a room, researchers can effectively “see” and recognize individuals — even if they are not carrying a device and even if their phone is turned off.

ScienceDaily

Routers vs. Modems: What You Need to Get Online

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/router-vs-modem/

After banning foreign routers, FCC says existing ones can get updates until 2029

FCC extends waiver allowing routers and drones to get patches for two more years.

Ars Technica

PCMag: FCC Extends Update Deadline for Foreign-Made Routers, Drones Until 2029. “The FCC’s bans on foreign-made Wi-Fi routers and drones initially included an expiration date on software updates, but the commission has now extended the cutoff from 2027 to 2029.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/13/pcmag-fcc-extends-update-deadline-for-foreign-made-routers-drones-until-2029/

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/05/11/fcc-extends-support-window-for-approved-routers-and-drones-xcxwbn/

FCC: Owners of already approved covered routers and drones can keep getting security-focused updates until January 1, 2029.

#FCC #Routers #Drones #WiFi #Regulation #TechRegulation #USGovernment #NationalSecurity #Cybersecurity