People still read the verge? After the Stefan fiasco I figured no one would ever trust them again.
Is it because Netgear is a “US” company? Meaning they are on the US stock exchange, have corporate offices in the US, and manufacture everything in Asia?
“Corruption” is the word you were looking for.
Yes, but that would take work.
This is tech journalism. If evidence connecting something can’t be Googled in 30 seconds, it’s just an area of speculation.
It’s called lobbyist, and if you don’t like it, better accept it.
Extortion is one reason.
There’s a reason and the reason will likely be revealed to be kickbacks and payoffs.
Or perhaps other reasons…
This tells me Netgear probably bent the knee and kissed the ring.
and paid the bribe
paid that troll toll.
Or opened its backdoor.
No que por los dos?
“Had its backdoor opened” rather. It’s the Epstein class we’re dealing with here.
ah so don’t buy a netgear router because the US Government will be listening in/watching. got it.
Do you really think they weren’t already?
Right, do we not remember PRISM? Edward Snowden is still living in exile in Russia.
They don’t need to tap your router when they already tap the routes.
And likely have hardware backdoors anyway.
Spyware preinstalled. Has to be.
Well netgear has a stellar reputation for screwing up their firmware horribly so if they are involved in implementing the implant it absolutely will be noticed.
Are they better than they were 2 decades ago?
Cause last time I had a netgear router, they screwed up their hardware too… Fucker got so hot that it literally liquefied its plastic shell.
Is feature
Alternatively, if it suddenly starts working, we know they aren’t writing it.
Makes sense that it would be one of the shittiest corps :/
Who makes good consumer network gear? I feel like the two big names (NetGear and TP-Link) are both awful
Generally speaking for routers, if you can get it at Best Buy, it is of poor quality, and if you can’t, it requires more expertise to use than most people have.
The quality of the router is not the biggest problem, though. Many routers now phone home and require you to provision them through the company portal, which strongly indicates they’ve got a back door to your traffic if they want it, and if you read their ToS, they give themselves permission to use it.
I’m not suggesting they’re hacking you or doing identity theft, but they are looking over your shoulder for things they can learn about you to make money, and in the future, they could potentially make money by collecting government bounties, since they’ll know who millions of people are and where they live.
for no obvious reason
Surely a non-AI slop pile of money illustration could have been used instead?
What? Its common knowledge that Humpty Dumpty graces the front of the $0000 bill
Maybe, but I went with the first image that gave me an actual image added w so I did not have to upload it anywhere.
Alas, you have been punished by downvotes. Just gotta remember no slop for next time I suppose.
This one even commits the cardinal sin of presenting itself as a transparent image but really just has a checkered background baked in.
Which was the second reason I picked it.
Did anybody ever confirm if standalone wireless access points are subject to this weird FCC ban thing? Because, like, you can make your own router out of an old computer.
I don’t think the FCC ban is really effective anyway. I was able to easily order a foreign-made router recently from the same reseller I’ve used in the past.
Also even if they did police the retailers for router sales, I doubt anybody on eBay is going to give a shit so there will be lots of routers for sale there.
The ban is on giving fcc license approval to new models, so stuff that’s out now can still sell
The FCC ruling prohibits the sale of new models of consumer router. It doesn’t forbid the continuing use of existing routers or, if I understand it right, the continued sale of models that were already on sale. So you can continue to use existing models as WAPs or routers. But when the tech and the security moves on the FCC wants the USA to be left behind.
This is for devices sold, specifically new devices sold. Not the existence (or making of) and it only affects specifically consumer-grade devices sold explicitly for the consumer market. So it wouldn’t affect universities, homelabs, or any corporation.
It is just a shake down for bribes to continue selling routers in the US, that’s it.
Yeah, it’s that consumer label that confuses me. Like, I doubt too many businesses are buying $54 USD Netgear WAPs, and their language specifically included SoHo stuff iirc.
Gonna be really funny when it’s revealed in 5 years that Netgear routers have a backdoor for the Chinese govt and the US okayed it because of the money the Trump admin got.
It’s literally the type of corruption that was claimed China would do for the last 4 decades.
…now see, you SAY funny. I think we have a difference of opinions on humor. You know what I find funny? You ever see that old video from the 90s of Donald Duck slumped down in his chair, getting a handjob from Daisey duck? And he can’t handle it. He’s all like “Ooooooweeeeee!!! Oh my gaaawwwwddddddd!!! Playin wit ma balls! Playin wit ma balls!!! Oooooooh!!!”
And then he just cums EVERYWHERE, and it’s all drippy on Daiseys face. She’s just kneeling there, with a shocked look on her face, and Donald says “I’ll go get you a towel!”
I found that funny. Not so much national corruption, bribery, and internet security fraud.
I don’t think Netgear has any link to China
Just where they are manufactured
That we know of… For now…
paywalled
It’s obvious: the reason is money
