Ask HN: Do you trust Google WiFi to not collect data?
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No.
If you want a good WiFi experience get these
https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-802-11ac-Dual-Radio...
If you want a good WiFi experience get these
https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-802-11ac-Dual-Radio...
I found they were not particularly good.
I mean, performance was fantastic when they worked, but I found multiple devices (mostly computers like Macs but some other things like a TV) would "lose connectivity" with them while showing decent signal. On investigation with the computers they would send packets to the Google AP but get nothing back. The only way I found I could reestablish connectivity was a hard shutdown/restart of the affected device (simply disabling/reenabling the Wifi on the device had no effect). There were no errors or logs on the Google WiFi app to tell me what was going on from the access points' perspective.
I switched to eeros and the problems disappeared.
I mean, performance was fantastic when they worked, but I found multiple devices (mostly computers like Macs but some other things like a TV) would "lose connectivity" with them while showing decent signal. On investigation with the computers they would send packets to the Google AP but get nothing back. The only way I found I could reestablish connectivity was a hard shutdown/restart of the affected device (simply disabling/reenabling the Wifi on the device had no effect). There were no errors or logs on the Google WiFi app to tell me what was going on from the access points' perspective.
I switched to eeros and the problems disappeared.
LOL not in a million years
This page isn't clear either: https://support.google.com/wifi/answer/6246642?hl=en
"....some information (such as the association of your Google Account to your Google Wifi network) is stored by Google even if all privacy controls are turned off."