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FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat
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#62In 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.
and that's fine in the scheme of things. Random one-off imports by researchers or hobbyists via AliExpress? NBD. Deployments at-scale where vendor support engineers could theoretically use cellular gear for passive collection? Major concern. Hytera being used for commercial 2-way radio? Similar concerns on the repeater side, not to mention questions about encryption quality if they are used by governments. You have t…
Regarding Hikvision: I have a wide assortment of radio gear, and found cameras in our trailer park running on channel 12 and 13 unencrypted Hikvision ip cams.
Re: FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat
#63the video surveillance bans all seem to target billion dollar companies, so its safe to say this is just your friendly lobbyists at ring, nest, and amazon getting an early christmas gift. the security argument is pretty flimsy considering how many american companies are just as bad (looking at you nest) the usual suspect, huawei, has been on americas shitlist ever since they beat US telcos to market with 5g. their ce…
Not saying there isn't lobbying efforts underway, but trying to limit Chinese-based video and audio equipment that's unaccountable to US laws or oversite from government locations seems like a reasonable thing to do. Dahua and Hikvision have a long history of backdoors. Many of these things chat like crazy to servers in China if not firewalled properly.
I'm not sure how to tell you this but if your CCTV cameras can get to the internet you've done so many things so completely wrong that you just ought to stop doing whatever it is you're doing.
Though the argument is more fair in relation to their DVR/VMS products, but it's difficult to see a reason to use those as better alternatives running on your own hardware exist.
As a gov't installation your worries are different of course. I'd worry about, say, a specialized firmware finding its way to me, which can be commanded to disrupt surveillance in response to QR codes or other visual or auditory signals.
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#65Good. https://www.wsj.com/articles/huawei-technicians-helped-afric...
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#66“”” The Covered List (which lists both equipment and services) currently includes communications equipment produced by Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corporation, Hytera Communications, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, and Dahua Technology (and their subsidiaries and affiliates). “””
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Re: FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat
#67Good. https://www.wsj.com/articles/huawei-technicians-helped-afric...
Which telco doesn't comply with requests from the government of the country they operate in?
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#68About time!
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Re: FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat
#69In 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.
I would rather Amazon focus on elimination of Counterfeits and Fraud, not enforcement of FCC protectionism
It IS a fraud and a counterfeit to illegally sell a device without a proper FCC license. They are either selling the device with a license ID for a different device (Counterfeit) or selling it without any license (Fraud).
Either way, it certainly has not gone through the required tests for not producing unacceptable levels of interference, and so could at the very least create problems in your environment and other devices.
Re: FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat
#70Is it just me, or does the full "report and order" spend way, way too much time responding to the comments of various telecom companies and trade groups? The tone seems far too deferential, as if they're apologizing to the industry they're trying to regulate.
Hey, the national security hawks get another twist of the knife to China and the home telcos get fewer people horning in on their turf... win-win scenario for everyone concerned I guess.