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US bans new foreign-made consumer Internet routers
- gnabgib 6mo agoDiscussion on the front page (190 points, 5 hours ago, 135 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47495344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47495344
- OutOfHere 6mo agoNot a dupe really. Those are FCC links about a covered list, not directly about a ban. Some topics are better off being covered redundantly from multiple angles.
- neves 6mo agoBest reason for not buying a router made in usa
- para_parolu 6mo agoAre there any?
- general1465 6mo agoCisco?
- neves 6mo agoSnowden already denounced USA gov spying using Cisco routers
- nagisa 6mo agoI imagine Ubiquiti (unifi) is really happy with how this is going.
- para_parolu 6mo agoGoogle says they are not made in usa
- plugger 6mo agoYep, providing front line comms to Russia in the Ukraine war as well as being gifted a virtual oligopoly by the US government is quite the win for their profits.
- OutOfHere 6mo agoThe best router to use would be one with a foundation-controlled active open-source firmware that works, although ideally the hardware assembly too should be open source.