return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4か月前The US bans all new foreign-made network routerswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square152fedilinkarrow-up1688
arrow-up1688external-linkThe US bans all new foreign-made network routerswww.engadget.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4か月前message-square152fedilink
minus-squareAssassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·4か月前This is so stupid that I can barely even think of a nefarious reason to do it.
minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up53·4か月前It’s so they can more reliably distribute their own backdoors.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4か月前But how? America doesn’t make routers. There’s no American routers to put backdoors in!
minus-squareplateee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·4か月前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か月前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か月前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か月前The few “usa made” routers companies lobbying your president to forbid their competition?
minus-squarekieron115@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4か月前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 =/