The FCC Just Banned the Sale of New Wi-Fi Router Models Made Outside US
The surprising order means any new Wi-Fi router models sold in the country must be US-made, or receive an exemption from the Pentagon or Homeland Security Department.www.pcmag.com
No more new routers made outside the US unless they get "authorization". I bet there is going to be a few more million dollar "guests" at the next Mar-a-lago dinner. It's all a grift.
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A grift? Our intelligence folks have been screaming for years that every piece of Chinese comms equipment is rife with backdoors. Hell they found Chinese backdoors on the crane control software in Long Beach Harbor.
A look inside the Chinese cyber threat at the biggest ports in US
When it comes to the threat of Chinese surveillance at U.S. ports, the view of the Biden administration and ports management don't line up.
Because China is famous for putting "Made in Indonesia" or Made in Malaysia" or "Made in Mexico" stickers on things.
It's the components.
Because literally everyone else (and even probably half the domestic manufacturers is still using parts from China.
From the article: This morning Bloomberg is reporting a bombshell for hardware security. Companies like Amazon and Apple have found a malicious chip on their server motherboards. These are not counterfeit chips. They are not part of the motherboard design. These were added by the factory at the time of manufacture.
Why so racist?
Chinese isn't a race.
Those were supermicro motherboards assembled in China.
Yeah, we agree there. That's what I meant by added by the manufacturer. Added out of submitted design by the company actually putting the parts on the circuit board, ie. the manufacturer of the board.
You're not wrong, but I think limiting the ban to China is going the wrong direction.
Yeah, well they think women have dicks too, so.....
Maybe we only want routers with domestic agency back doors?
Too late for all that. Pandoras box has already been opened. I dont trust our own govt with anything, but i trust foreign govts even less.
I wouldn't say I trust any government. That being said, from a purely selfish point of view I'd rather China have my info than the US govt. Mainly because I'm under legal jurisdiction of the US. I'm not doing anything wrong, but one government could decide to just prosecute/arrest me, the other one can't. The US govt. has shown in the past sometimes it just likes to take people for a ride because you got on their bad side, even without doing anything illegal.
As bad as the US government is, China is *far* worse.
Yes they are. However, the difference is their respective ability to directly impact me. The US government can arrest me. The chinese government can't... well, at least while I don't go to China anyways. I can break all the Chinese laws I want and it doesn't make a lick of difference because I don't live or go there.
