What We Want:
- connect devices to internet securely through unsecure access points
- powered by laptop
- small form factor
- affordable
- integrated VPN
What We Want To Do:
- Own our data. ISP should be a simple pipe, but bad actors monitor what I do, what YOU do, what WE ALL do to a significant extent
- Minimize risk associated with using unknown access points and untrusted ISPs
- Support open source projects because they are auditable, meaning you can actually see the code and understand how it works.
- Support internet privacy. We care about our privacy, the privacy of our family and friends, and we care about your privacy too. This is why we chose cookie-free analytics; we don’t care who you are, we are only interested in how our site gets used so we can improve our user experience. Product-led growth results in a better experience for everyone.
Benefits:
- Secure internet access
- No man-in-the-middle attack route
- No sniffing (might still be able to do it but encrypted data would be unintelligible)
- Eavesdroppers would not be permitted secure access to the remote private network on far end of VPN connection (home, work, AWS, etc)
- of note: HTTPS on public WiFi protects me from you knowing what I’m doing on Facebook, but you would still know that I connected to Facebook.
GL-iNet Beryl (GL-MT1300)
- Small
- Powerful
- User-friendly open source firmware
- Affordable price point
- Powered by USB-C cable
- Great documenation. Easy initial setup.
- Integrated open source VPN support.
Our Views On Privacy
- You use our product. We use cookie-free analytics about how you use our product as part of a feedback loop to improve our product.
- We understand that you may wish to opt out of our analytics, but because we do not collect any personally identifiable information, we do not believe that our analytics should be opt-in by default.
- We will not profit from your data; we are not data brokers.
- Anonymizing data is critical. We believe it is the only ethical way for a privacy-conscious company to employ usage data to improve their product.
- It is intrusive and unacceptable to track someone across the web, but we believe watching how you use our site is fair game. A bad, but useful, analogy: A guy watching you walk around the mall, noting which stores you visit and what you purchase where is creepy as fuck. The independent bookstore owner who notes which sections/shelves his customers frequent and how they move around in his store simply wants to optimize his layout so that each customer enjoys their experience.