Post B4eeqd2eoelaEqDCPg by harpaa01@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B4eeIqFJDX4fLP1Dm4 by eff@mastodon.social
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       The FCC’s WiFi router ban is “an extremely blunt instrument, and it’s going to impact many harmless products in order to stem a real problem,” EFF’s @legind told CNET. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/fcc-bans-foreign-made-routers-as-national-security-risk/
       
 (DIR) Post #B4eed5xgUpGlsSQsgC by Hammerwell@troet.cafe
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       @eff @legind Doesn't that ban essentially any WiFi-capable device? I mean, any mobile phone has WiFi-Router functionality nowadays.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4eeqd2eoelaEqDCPg by harpaa01@mastodon.social
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       @eff the Supreme Court ended Chevron deference a couple years ago; this feels like the kind of act that would squarely fall under that kind of designation and I really doubt Congress has explicitly granted FCC this exact power for this rationale, right?
       
 (DIR) Post #B4eiFBGVWeItC15aLo by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world
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       @harpaa01 @eff The FCC is trying to solve a 2+decade year old problem with the most idiot response possible while the only proper solution that wouldn't damage the free market is to mandate that router hardware/software is to be under GPLv3.> and I really doubt Congress has explicitly granted FCC this exact power for this rationale, right?They already allowed DRM of wifi cards under the justification of "hacking", which as we can see a decade later is NOT working.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4etJuQEfrartm63BQ by OldFartPhil@mastodon.social
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       @eff @legind The crime syndicate masquerading as an administration doesn't give a crap about security. My prediction is that this is a shakedown disguised as security theater. Once a router company pledges to build a manufacturing plant in the US, they'll be able to sell here again. Trump-aligned businesses will get millions for site research and planning, and nothing will ever be built. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconn_Valley_Science_and_Technology_Park
       
 (DIR) Post #B4g6FHszVBsbmhdJjM by ryue1183@mastodon.social
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       @eff @legind Nearly all routers except Starlink (or as I like to call them, Swastilink) routers are made outside the US you say. How unbelievably convenient for one company that just so happens to have links to the American regime.