return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoThe US bans all new foreign-made network routerswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up1633arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareAssassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·1 day agoThis is so stupid that I can barely even think of a nefarious reason to do it.
minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up53·1 day agoIt’s so they can more reliably distribute their own backdoors.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoBut how? America doesn’t make routers. There’s no American routers to put backdoors in!
minus-squareplateee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 day agoThat’ll be part of the “concessions” that foreign made routers make to get approval. Why the fuck else would the department of defense need to weigh in?
minus-squaregreybeard@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoIt also allows the DoD and DHS to collect application fees which gives them dark money to play with outside the oversight of Congress.
minus-squareLemmyng@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoDoesn’t have to be a hardware backdoor. Router manufacturers can easily push software updates that contain said “backdoor” for the low, low price of licking Trump’s backdoor.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoThe few “usa made” routers companies lobbying your president to forbid their competition?
minus-squarekieron115@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoIt would seem to exclude ISP provided routers =/
This is so stupid that I can barely even think of a nefarious reason to do it.
It’s so they can more reliably distribute their own backdoors.
But how? America doesn’t make routers. There’s no American routers to put backdoors in!
That’ll be part of the “concessions” that foreign made routers make to get approval.
Why the fuck else would the department of defense need to weigh in?
It also allows the DoD and DHS to collect application fees which gives them dark money to play with outside the oversight of Congress.
Doesn’t have to be a hardware backdoor. Router manufacturers can easily push software updates that contain said “backdoor” for the low, low price of licking Trump’s backdoor.
The few “usa made” routers companies lobbying your president to forbid their competition?
It would seem to exclude ISP provided routers =/