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USA bans all new routers for consumers

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Re: USA bans all new routers for consumers

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Post by Henchman21 »

johnisgood wrote: post #19
m463 wrote: post #16

I kind of wonder if we can also fix the "every device has internet access" problem. All consumer routers let anything out. Your TV, your refrigerator, your microwave oven have unfettered access to the mothership - and data collectors/advertisers. I think with 5g and 6g these devices might be getting other channels, and the two combined will just give us a huge proxy for the routers they are banning.

Do microwaves really have "smart" bs?

My 20-year old one sure doesn't. I do wish it could listen to the NIST Time signal to set the clock though :)

Re: USA bans all new routers for consumers

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Post by vincnetas »

iAMkenough wrote: post #15
gambiting wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But....your ISP also has to procure a router from somewhere. Or are they just going to slap a sticker that says "verizon" on it and say it was made in the USA now?

That's why there's a "conditional approval" process attached to this rule.

this is basically saying "you cant do anything unless i allow you to (and i might for a price)" in contrast to when government should just say "these are the things that you cant do, anything else is ok".

Re: USA bans all new routers for consumers

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Post by LastTrain »

porridgeraisin wrote: post #2

If you take qualcomm (tplink and netgear use this for example), only standards development and frontier RF r&d happen mostly in the US. Most of the RFIC, RTL+firmware+software is mostly from their GCCs in India. Fab in TSMC. Assembly in China. So what's the plan here.

To do with electronics what they do with cars, raise the barrier to entry to give domestic manufacturers an edge. Except with routers there is no inherently US category of device with tax loopholes carved out like there is with cars; i.e. big-ass trucks and SUVs.

The cynical side of me expects that approval for sale in the US will require some kind of surveillance back door as well.

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