FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat
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Re: FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat
#2About time. We need open and verifiable firmware, at the very least, to be able to trust anything.
Now if only they'd turn this lens on American-made devices which are likewise opaque, insecure, and likely to be weaponized against us as soon as security updates stop....
Re: FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat
#3About time. We need open and verifiable firmware, at the very least, to be able to trust anything. Now if only they'd turn this lens on American-made devices which are likewise opaque, insecure, and likely to be weaponized against us as soon as security updates stop....
That's not how this will be applied. Instead, I think, they will go after devices that don't contain government backdoors.
Re: FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat
#4About time. We need open and verifiable firmware, at the very least, to be able to trust anything. Now if only they'd turn this lens on American-made devices which are likewise opaque, insecure, and likely to be weaponized against us as soon as security updates stop....
That's not how this will be applied. Instead, I think, they will go after devices that don't contain government backdoors.
Which devices have government backdoors?
Re: FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Which devices have government backdoors?
Cisco iirc
Sounds like it:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurit...
Re: FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat
#8In reality, Chinese manufactures will just ignore FCC licensing requirements. A good amount of cheap Chinese electronics on Amazon are already unlicensed, so I doubt any new changes will affect them. Online marketplaces like Amazon really need to crack down on products and make sure they are properly licensed.
Re: FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Cisco iirc
Source?
See CVE: https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list.php?vendor_id=...
At some point you have to think these are deliberate.
Re: FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat
#10About time. We need open and verifiable firmware, at the very least, to be able to trust anything. Now if only they'd turn this lens on American-made devices which are likewise opaque, insecure, and likely to be weaponized against us as soon as security updates stop....
That's not how this will be applied. Instead, I think, they will go after devices that don't contain government backdoors.
> don't contain government backdoors.
Fixed that for you. :/