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The US bans all new foreign-made network routers (www.engadget.com)
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[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, it’s kind of old news that these consumer routers make up the majority of bot nets, although I doubt requiring them to be US-made will change much.

[–] 8oow3291d@feddit.dk 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As I read it, they are scared of the Chinese Communist Party having an "official" back door built in. Not run-of-the-mill criminal bot-nets.