• The Quiet Shift

    You Clicked “I Agree.” Here’s What You Agreed To.

    Data privacy wasn’t something most people thought about when they clicked “I Agree” on that ASUS router setup screen… Right there in the ASUS router setup screen: a box, some text, a button that said I Agree. Most people click it in under three seconds. Almost nobody reads it. And buried inside that agreement — and thousands like it — is the company’s right to collect data from your device, share it with third parties, and push software updates without asking you first. Your router. In your home. Running 24 hours a day. Why does a router company need your…