Installing a VPN on a router

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[Kathy Stevens]

We have recently noticed that our Logitech Squeezebox Wi-Fi Internet Radio is delivering targeted advertising based upon our location and other user information.

Obviously, someone is tracking us.

I do not think that we can install a VPN on the radio itself.

Therefore, is it reasonable for us to install a VPN on our ASUS router?

• This topic was modified 7 months, 2 weeks ago by Kathy Stevens.

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Yes, but that will affect all your machines and potentially slow them down / cause issues with spammy IP addresses.

Put the radio on the guest network and put up with the ads, or buy a proper router/firewall and learn about networks so you can limit what and where the radio can access.

cheers, Paul

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Which station?

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All of our Logitech Squeezebox Wi-Fi Internet Radio traffic appears to be flowing through  http://mysqueezebox.com/index/Home  .

I do not know the ins and outs of how our Internet radios and/or squeezebox.com operate.

We listen to a broad range of stations including: MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, BBC, France 24, Swiss radio, various Reuters streams, Bloomberg Radio, ABC (Australia), ALJAZEERA, Axios, etc.

Our concern was sparked by advertisements for tubi (or a similar streaming service) that do not appear on the MSNBC television stream.

Other advertisements seem to be targeting us because our physical location.

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You get tubi ads on all of those 12+ stations?

(BBC radio stations shouldn’t have any ads.)

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in other words, there are some risks & drawbacks involved when doing something like this as Paul T described.

so it’s not as simple as flipping on a light switch so to speak

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Correction

Our concern was sparked by advertisements for TuneIn – NOT tubi – that do not appear on the MSNBC television stream.

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Which station do you hear those ads on?

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Kathy Stevens wrote:

All of our Logitech Squeezebox Wi-Fi Internet Radio traffic appears to be flowing through  http://mysqueezebox.com/index/Home

That probably means Logitech is making money by selling you to advertisers.
If you pay for this service I would be complaining, if it’s free, you are the product…

cheers, Paul

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