return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoThe US bans all new foreign-made network routerswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square144linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squareAssassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThis is so stupid that I can barely even think of a nefarious reason to do it.
minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIt’s so they can more reliably distribute their own backdoors.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoBut how? America doesn’t make routers. There’s no American routers to put backdoors in!
minus-squareLemmayng@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months 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-squareplateee@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months 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-up0·4 months 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-squarekieron115@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIt would seem to exclude ISP provided routers =/
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThe few “usa made” routers companies lobbying your president to forbid their competition?
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!
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.
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.
It would seem to exclude ISP provided routers =/
The few “usa made” routers companies lobbying your president to forbid their competition?