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 @pcWRT]

Protect your data with #VPN in/out of your home. Choose #OpenVPN, @strongswan IPsec or #WireGuard. No #dnsleak, #WebRTC leak. Built-in kill switch.

https://t.co/SimMpdI5qZ

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

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

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

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

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

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

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

@Showy005 @durov

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

@MyStartMail What research? Citation?

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

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

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

Contrary to popular belief, multi-hop VPNs bring limited security benefit, if any. https://t.co/P3vMjTNley

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

@naomibrockwell You can block TV spying on the router https://t.co/zJwsC61h0J

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

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

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

@ivpnnet Another reason to run your VPN on a router. More Android VPN leaking here: https://t.co/E2ZUbd1Aag

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

It's just metadata...

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

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

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

De-google your phone?

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

Try GrapheneOS. You'll immediately stop feeling watched.

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

‼️🚨 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...

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

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]

‼️🚨 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, right-click, and choose "Create Memory Dump."
4. Open the dump file and look for credentials.

The logged-in Windows user can dump every stored Edge credential with no additional rights. Which means any malware that user executes has those credentials for the asking.

Thanks to Rob VandenBrink at SANS: https://t.co/ebtVZxne4L

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

Can't solve a captcha no matter how hard you try? The culprit might be your ad blocker.

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

@realborix 国外有亲友的, 可以让他们在自家网络上架设 VPN 。目标小、无月费。

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

不光能看到你去了什么网站, 还知道你在那个网站上干什么, 一定是你的终端(手机)被渗透了(国产手机、反诈软件等). 如果只是用了蜜罐 VPN, 只能看到你上了哪个网站, 看不到你在网站上干什么。

[勃勃OC @bboczeng]

不是，这是真的吗？

现在咱们使用VPN，翻墙在干什么都直接记录在案？

什么官方蜜罐

不至于吧。。。。

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

Must read if you are privacy concerned. Running your VPN on a router helps prevent public IP address leaks via WebRTC, STUN etc.

[Proton @ProtonPrivacy]

https://t.co/b8sRhd36Z1

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

With VPN split-tunneling, you can get access to contents from two separate geographical areas without changing your network configuration.

However, only one branch is tunneled through the VPN. Until now.

The PCWRT router supports dual VPN split-tunneling https://t.co/TAWb6rwGcn

[pcWRT @pcWRT]

A customer asked how long we support our routers. We keep updating our routers as long as they are supportable. Our first router, the TORONTO-N, released in 2015, still gets updates today.

We still have a few customers using it :)