Yeah... it's easy to get scared when reading articles like that, especially when you're not experienced in the home-network security field, which I am not, and I'm guessing OP isn't either, but have it as a newfound hobby, and read as much about it as possible.
Articles like the one quoted in my post and OP post shows up very easy in search results, when searching for things like "safest router" etc. Those articles get posted on reddit, even here on snbforums (yes I know I'm also to blame for that) and the author of said article makes very logic sounding arguements with lots of examples to back up his claims.
Especially scary is that the author in my post even quotes thiggins, which makes it all the more real, believable and frightening. He has as of this writing, not updated the article flagging it as false statements or outdated, so sadly he keeps scaring home-network enthusiasts such as myself with false and outdated information.