Protect myself from my ISP?

[certified_expert@lemmy.world]

Noob here. This is probably the most repeated question, but I don't know the technical terms to make the appropiate digging online, and thought of asking humans before slopping my way around.

I don't trust my ISP or the government above it.

The ISP remotely manages the local network! So I installed a router of my own and my devices only to that one.

I would like to encrypt (?) anything that goes out of my own router, so my ISP doesn't evesdrop what I'm doing even if they want to (I know I know... if they really wanted, they could just send friends to my house).

Using Linux, Android GOS, and Pihole. They live under a "picked-up-from-a-shelf" router; and that router under theirs.

(I cannot get a different ISP)

Thanks

[x@niwego.com]

@certified_expert

I don't trust my ISP or the government above it.

I think everyone here today doesn't trust their ISP and government.

Use a #VPN or #TOR,Your ISP will only know the destination point, all traffic will be encrypted through a #tunnel

You said you installed a router. How did you configure the modem? In Full Bridge?

Also start changing your #DNS, don't use your ISP's default ones

[certified_expert@lemmy.world]

My pihole serves dns. If not found, it goes directly to root tables (I forgot how they are called).

The router, I just connected its WAN port to the ISP's switch/router/AP. Within the LAN under my router I have DHCP sending everybody to do lookups to the pihole. I don't know what full bridge is.

The ISP's modem/router/switch/AP, I cannot configure. It is a fucking "smart" brick remotely controlled.

[x@niwego.com]

@certified_expert
so the modem that you have from your ISP it is not possible to configure it as, ONT,Bridge or Full Bridge .

Since you are just starting out, I recommend you start by subscribing to a VPN, (don't use the free ones)avoid tor for now, I use Mullvad which only allows 5 devices at the same time, but there are others, I recommend you choose those that don't keep logs.