Comment on German cybersecurity watchdog warns of pre-installed malware on IoT devices linked to China

• Hirom@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If not the chineese manufacturer, then whoever is importing them .

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  • B0rax@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You don’t understand. The end user is the importer. That’s the whole idea behind aliexpress, temu and others. They don’t need to adhere to any local laws because the customer directly shops on the Chinese website.

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    • Hirom@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Temu sure wish they didn’t, but they do in fact need to adhere to local laws in juridictions where they’re doing business.

      There’s already being complaints against Temu for noncompliance to EU regulation. For instance beuc.eu/…/BEUC-X-2024-046_Temu_Why_the_fast-growi…

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