Peter Murray22h ago
🔖 Why Has the US Banned Foreign-Made Routers?: The FCC just banned the sale of new consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers manufactured outside the US | Wired https://www.wired.com/story/us-government-foreign-made-router-ban-explained/ #BookmarkShare
What You Need to Know About the Foreign-Made Router Ban in the US

The FCC just banned the sale of new consumer-grade Wi-Fi routers manufactured outside the US. Here’s what it means for you.

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Show threadMike Taylor 🦕
@dltj Because US spyware is the BEST spyware, dammit!
Mar 25 at 2:23pmWeb
Show threadPeter Murray20h ago
@mike the bestest. We’re in deeper trouble if they come after the open source firmware.
Show threadMike Taylor 🦕19h ago
@dltj Yes. In the end, open-source hardware (i.e. hardware that doesn't insist on firmwire signed by a megacorp) maybe the only recourse. And if governments outlaw that, then everything RMS predicted will have come true.