return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 hours agoThe US bans all new foreign-made network routerswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down13
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkThe US bans all new foreign-made network routerswww.engadget.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 hours agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareAssassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·3 hours agoThis is so stupid that I can barely even think of a nefarious reason to do it.
minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up28·3 hours agoIt’s so they can more reliably distribute their own backdoors.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 hours agoBut how? America doesn’t make routers. There’s no American routers to put backdoors in!
minus-squareplateee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 hours 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-squarekieron115@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours 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 would seem to exclude ISP provided routers =/