return2ozma to TechnologyEnglish · 29 天前The US bans all new foreign-made network routerswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square153linkfedilinkarrow-up1688arrow-down13cross-posted to: news[email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarePhoenix3875linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up96·29 天前So consumer grade routers are a security risk, but not ISP switches or server routers? That’s the opposite of what a state level actor would look for.
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·28 天前I mean, it’s kind of old news that these consumer routers make up the majority of bot nets, although I doubt requiring them to be US-made will change much.
minus-square8oow3291d@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·28 天前As I read it, they are scared of the Chinese Communist Party having an “official” back door built in. Not run-of-the-mill criminal bot-nets.
minus-squaretidderuuflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·28 天前Is it? Because I just saw them available on Amazon and Alibaba. I think I even saw it on Walmart a few weeks ago too.
So consumer grade routers are a security risk, but not ISP switches or server routers? That’s the opposite of what a state level actor would look for.
Brother it is class war so
I mean, it’s kind of old news that these consumer routers make up the majority of bot nets, although I doubt requiring them to be US-made will change much.
As I read it, they are scared of the Chinese Communist Party having an “official” back door built in. Not run-of-the-mill criminal bot-nets.
Isn’t Huawei already banned?
Is it? Because I just saw them available on Amazon and Alibaba. I think I even saw it on Walmart a few weeks ago too.
He is talking about ISP grade hw.