My router was playing up, initially I couldn’t get my phone to connect, which I thought was my fault - since I started running grapheneOS but then other devices stop connecting and then those that were connected couldn’t access certain sites etc.
I still live at home, so my mum who isn’t technologically literate phoned the ISP, and attempted to fix it. Turns out it just needed a reset, as the last time it had been reset was 8 years ago.
What was a surprise was that the ISP guy told my mum how many devices were connected to the internet. She found that immensely creepy.
I doubt there’s anything I can do to reduce the trust burden with an ISP, beyond telling my mum to use a VPN. My threat model always had ISPs as a risk that had to be taken, however I am curious as to if there is anything at all that can be done! That’s also not immensely impractical?
Yeah but it also might be the only option. If one has fiber to the house, for example, it’s far easier and less risk of damage or getting the fiber dirty to just plug in to the router instead of trying to find a router compatible with fiber.
Ah, see, I was talking about two separate devices, not an all in one: a modem and a router. But if OP needs an ONT for fiber, and the router is within the same device, I agree that they should just use the one provided by their ISP and add their own router.