RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116280875175558560

ICYMI this dumb move by the FCC

Monetize your account in one easy step

#joke

The most obvious explanation for this move to me is that it creates a whole new category of opportunities for bribery. Router manufacturers who slip money under the table to the right people in the administration will find themselves blessed with an exemption

https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-just-banned-the-sale-of-new-wi-router-models-made-outside-us

HEY ANYONE WHO SELF-INJECTS

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Whoa, that escalated quickly. This just got sent out by the press folks at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC says it has decided that all foreign-made consumer-grade Internet routers are henceforth prohibited from receiving FCC authorization and are therefore prohibited from being imported for use or sale in the United States.

"Update Follows Determination by Executive Branch Agencies that Consumer-Grade Routers Produced in Foreign Countries Threaten National Security

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2026—Today, the Federal Communications Commission updated its Covered List to include all consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries. Routers are the boxes in every home that connect computers, phones, and smart devices to the internet. This followed a determination by a White House-convened Executive Branch interagency body with appropriate national security expertise that such routers “pose unacceptable risks to the national security of the United States or the safety and security of United States persons.”

"The Executive Branch determination noted that foreign-produced routers (1) introduce “a supply chain vulnerability that could disrupt the U.S. economy, critical infrastructure, and national defense” and (2) pose “a severe cybersecurity risk that could be leveraged to immediately and severely disrupt U.S. critical infrastructure and directly harm U.S. persons.”

"This action does not affect any previously-purchased consumer-grade routers. Consumers can continue to use any router they have already lawfully purchased or acquired."

"Producers of consumer-grade routers that receive Conditional Approval from DoW or DHS can continue to receive FCC equipment authorizations. Interested applicants are encouraged to submit applications to [email protected]."

Not sure how many consumer-grade routers will be left for sale if it really is a ban on approvals for any foreign-made consumer routers like they said, and not just a bunch of already restricted Chinese makers like Huawei and ZTE.

https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-updates-covered-list-include-foreign-made-consumer-routers

FCC's "covered list" of "thou shalt not entities": https://www.fcc.gov/supplychain/coveredlist

Popular anime streaming platform Crunchyroll is investigating a breach after hackers claimed to have stolen personal information for approximately 6.8 million people.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/crunchyroll-probes-breach-after-hacker-claims-to-steal-68m-users-data/

"We did this with #AI" has become a synonym for "We don't care if this is done well":

@pluralistic : Understaffing as a form of enshittification (23 Mar 2026)
https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/22/nobodys-home/

[Opening a business to store paperwork for people. All kinds of papers and media.]

Customer, arrives with a box of stuff: Can you store this, please?

Me: Sure thing!

Me, opening the box: Ooh a family photo album!

Customer: Uh, what are you doing?

Me: I just need to sort this to store it optimally, so you can get stuff out quickly. Like, say this family photo you've labeled as a vacation photo with 'Aunt Ruby'

Customer: Huh, ok

Me: It seems to be in Hawaii, is that right? This AI has identified it as being on the Kona side of the Big Island.

Customer: Wait a minute…

Me: Is this the same Aunt Ruby who sent you these birthday cards, also in this box?

Customer: Hey!

Me: She seems to be the same person who is in your parents wedding photo! Ah, and here she is baby sitting you in childhood! And posing with you at your highschool graduation! What a close family you have!

Customer: Stop it! [Tries to grab box back]

Me, feeding the box contents through a high speed scanner: I can tell from the birthday cards that she lives in Canada now. Their record show she bought a house there five years ago at 64 Oak Street. You've got some mail here with frequent flyer points with Air Canada and your credit card shows that you did some shopping when you last went to see her some months ago. And look, a photo of you both at Niagra Falls, where you bought a hoodie! And you're wearing it now! Her birthday is next week, can I help you pick a present? Her shopping habits shows she likes candles. Here are a lot of nice candles we can ship to her for you!

Narrator: Trust US-based tech companies with all your data! They'll put it to good use! Like helping you buy gifts for your aunt! Feeding all your correspondence through five eyes intelligence services! And figuring out how to infer things, so they can use those skills to help drop bombs on people! Trust them. Trust Trump. Give us your data. Its so easy.

Little Englanders foaming at the mouth about Islam in Britain, you sound like a 75 year old pished guy in a bowler hat and orange sash ranting in the pub about the looming threat of the papacy.

Ordinary Muslims you'd encounter in the UK are no more sinister and alien than ordinary Catholics. One day a week they maybe (or not) go to a fancy building to talk about God in a way that you don't connect with. Please try to be normal about that rather than let it eat your whole identity.