[Nextgrid]

> You can buy a better one that does not have malware installed.

You can buy a better one if you have the technical know-how. But if you did you'd probably be running the *arr stack anyway and not need such a box. But these boxes do work and aren't any more of a threat than your usual public Wi-Fi for the casual user who does not expose any services to the LAN.

The alarm around them is less about the threat to its owner and more about the threat to the tech ecosystem at large... which considering how hostile it is to users, shouldn't really be something they have any reason to worry about.