Netgear Adds Support For "Collecting Analytics Data" To Popular R7000 Router

Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday May 20, 2017 @11:29PM from the watching-the-wifi dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Netgear's latest firmware update for the R7000 includes new support for collecting analytics data. The update release notes include this caution:

NOTE:It is strongly recommended that after the firmware is updated to this version, log back in to the router s web GUI and configure the settings for this feature.

An article on Netgear's KB states updated last week that Netgear collects information including IP addresses, MAC, certain WiFi information, and information about connected devices.

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Re:Clarification: Netgear collects your data by GrumpySteen · 2017-05-21 00:17 · Score: 4, Informative

If you'd clicked on the link,, or even hovered over it to see the url, you'd have seen "What router analytics data is collected and how is the data being used by NETGEAR?" which makes it pretty obvious that they're talking about data that's sent to the company.