> How does this effect your privacy? If you put your own router between your machines and their device, sure, their device can see the WAN interface & IP addres

> How does this effect your privacy? If you put your own router between your machines and their device, sure, their device can see the WAN interface & IP address of your router, but it can only access your LAN like every other machine on the Internet at that point, if you have your router do NAT. (Which is the point of doing this.) To clarify, I meant putting your own WiFi bridge or access point behind Verizon's router. (This is what was suggested at the bottom of the original article.) If Verizon has total control over their routers (they do), then using your own WiFi won't matter. The way to get more privacy is to replace Verizon's router with your own, or to nest your router behind Verizon's.