Verizon FioS sells and rents routers for home and business use with their brand on the router which is manufactured by Acadian (sp.- ar

We are fellow users, and no one from Apple participates here to tell you whether a Verizon edge device is sufficiently secure or not when used with current releases of macOS. I would put my money on Apple's commitment to security and privacy over Verizon.

I have Verizon Fios. I have a box on the side of the house. I have a cat5+ cable running from the box on the side of the house to my in side of the house router. I replaced the Verizon router FiOS G1100 with my own TP-Link TL R600VPN. Works fine. I hadn't thought about security, but now I have one less worry.

If your worried, replace the verizon router with your own.

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TidewaterMama wrote:

VikingOSX. Thanks — I thought some Apple staff (or awardees or contractors) did peruse and use the forum; be that as it may I appreciate your clarifying it’s not official Apple replies I’m getting from anyone though you have earned trust and engagement reflected in your level 9 status. I just NOW while typing this (via inadvertently hitting a button on a device type I don’t usually use, I hope; cannot immediately ascertain how to undo) had ALL TEXT HERE CHANGE (just colors and font). My apologies if that makes it hardernto read (it does for me and TYPOS unfortunately are appearing). Anyhow, if VikingOSX or others can provide further input in this thread I’d be very grateful. And, apparently thousands of pleople (of Verizon’s millions of customers) do have concerns about the warning page AND NOW I HAVE SEEN APPLE’S THREE LEVELS OF “TRUST” for certificates of authentication I am better informed but do not know if I have so many choices available.I can switch routers but this concern may arise with any (un

ess Apple vouches for all brands it sells “app” or subscriptions fir in its online store). I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT WHEN APPLE FINDS A THREAT POTENTIAL IT PUTS A site or page into a “TIER 2 TRUST CATEGORY”. After that, IF A THREAT IS 100% ESTABLISHED FOR APPLE’S ANALYSIS PURPOSES THE WEB PAGE GOES INTO “TIER 3 “ie, “BLOCKED.” Apple does not list the specific warning language corresponding to each level they have fir cuncern about a certificate (LEVELS 1 to 3 for cettifycate “TRUST LEVELS”). Does anybody know the difference between warning language (if any) as between LEVEL 2 and LEVEL 3. I don’t want to proceed past any Level 3 warning and will have to keep experimenting with router after router (and even then this may or will occur with many). Am grateful for your response VikimgOSX: concise, clear and mincing no words. I found the trust levels after I posted and it’s an imperfect world so I did think I might ask as grateful,as I am for the reply I got. Also wondering about VERIZON telling me I only have to use one device (sacrifice it...) to proceed to their warned-about site and therafter “all MY communications with the router occurs inside the router” when I use the UI available in a meaningful form ONLY by pricferdingbto the earned-about website. Indeed I’m not sure using a different router type (I bought several in exasperation) would get rid of this problem. It’s a telecom I need fir internet access and just installed FioS where I live: I don’t have perfect choices among the telecoms though at least Verizon. Otifies ine promptly if any changes are made to ines account. Scoured a one fir them bit I’m cuncrrned as heck about that “EDGE.” Verizon CLAIMS once you trust them on one device the communication is “done within the router. Perhaps you’d understand, VikingOSX, what the heck that comment means but I don’t. I’m not hating on Verizon buy they’re NOT a software co: agreed; yet they’re my new telecomm “choice.” Truly thanks whether you even see this post Viking OSX. I am sure you stand by what you already said but EACH option out there for home use seems to have a drawback, including subscriptions or appsold by Apple on its online store (maybe it is the products themselves that are not made by Apple that people complain about and not the apps on Aplles store; surely Apple cannot vouch for every app it sells online that yheecperiwmce will be “LEVEL 1 certifate trust.”; if Apple could so vouch I’d use one of THOSE routers I’ve bought).

You tapped the bracket button at the bottom of the reply screen, the one between the quote and link buttons.

And it usually ends up saving you money in the long run, too.