Here's Why You Should Get a New Wireless Router

My new router not only handles my calls flawlessly but also offers better security, thanks to support for the WPA3 protocol, which makes your Wi-Fi password much harder to crack.

The Gentle January series shares one practical privacy tip a day from a Markup staffer who actually uses the advice in their own life.

Before I joined The Markup last summer, I replaced my four-year-old wireless router in the hopes of avoiding the dreaded “unstable connection” messages during meetings on Zoom and Slack. (I had already replaced my eight-year-old cable modem the year before.) My new router not only handles my calls flawlessly but also offers better security, thanks to support for the WPA3 protocol, which makes your Wi-Fi password much harder to crack. If you haven’t upgraded your router since before 2020, it’s likely time for a new one—the WPA3 ...