return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前The US bans all new foreign-made network routerswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1675arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1671arrow-down1external-linkThe US bans all new foreign-made network routerswww.engadget.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前message-square145fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareAssassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·4 个月前This is so stupid that I can barely even think of a nefarious reason to do it.
minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up53·4 个月前It’s so they can more reliably distribute their own backdoors.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 个月前But how? America doesn’t make routers. There’s no American routers to put backdoors in!
minus-squareplateee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·4 个月前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?
minus-squaregreybeard@feddit.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 个月前It also allows the DoD and DHS to collect application fees which gives them dark money to play with outside the oversight of Congress.
minus-squareLemmayng@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 个月前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.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 个月前The few “usa made” routers companies lobbying your president to forbid their competition?
minus-squarekieron115@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 个月前It 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 =/