American consumers deserve the assurance that the devices they use, whether…
American consumers deserve the assurance that the devices they use, whether routers or other connected smart home devices, are built to withstand attacks that put themselves and others at risk, no matter where they are manufactured. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/banning-new-foreign-routers-mistargets-products-fix-real-problem
Banning New Foreign Routers Mistargets Products to Fix Real Problem
On March 23, the FCC issued an update to their Covered List, a list of equipment banned from obtaining regulatory approval necessary for U.S. sale (and thus effectively a ban on sale of new devices), to include all new routers produced in foreign countries unless they are specifically given an...
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@eff But that's literally incompatible with a ton of US laws. The US surveillance state likes the US population vulnerable to the American siloviki.
Starting from “lawful interception” (what is lawful? What the government says, especially with checks and balances as suppressed as the #GOP has managed to suppress them), to the full buffet of intelligence laws.
It worked in the Cold War, when both sides used at least somewhat different technology, but today?