Comment on The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the US

• Successful_Try543@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It seems like professional equipment will not be affected:

  While the FCC’s Covered List makes it sound like the US is banning all “routers produced in a foreign country,” it’s defined a bit more narrowly than that. It’s specifically banning “consumer-grade routers” as defined in NIST Internal Report 8425A, which refers to ones “intended for residential use and can be installed by the customer.”

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  • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s not reassuring. It sounds like they don’t want home users to be able to get any router they could manage themselves.

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    • StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      nail on in the head

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  • Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not sure their like bananapi based router would be considered professional. More home tinkerer

    I’m not sure what that’ll mean for the impact of this change, but I guess we’ll see 🤷🏻‍♂️

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    • definitemaybe@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, I’m not too worried for enthusiasts. imho, this is a bigger deal for the 99% of the rest of everyone. So, like, kinda a big deal.

      And, like, the erosion of civil liberties and human rights, and the rise of fascism. If you care about those.

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