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US targets TP-Link with a potential ban on the Chinese routers (www.theverge.com)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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TP-link is reportedly being investigated over national security concerns linked to vulnerabilities in its very popular routers.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Most likely old routers still sold on Amazon instead of the latest WiFi 7 models on the website~

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why would you assume that? They probably all use the same base.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

TP-Link is popular because of their cheap options while easy-to-setup for average joe families.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Right, but I'm not seeing a reason that only the older routers would have these vulnerabilities. I'm guessing the base OS for all of them is quite similar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Well, they also don’t offer more than 2 updates on their proprietary software… so you can just categorise them as vintage or out of service like Apple especially for even older hardware that’s $20 or less like Tenda which is also another Chinese brand.