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The US bans all new foreign-made network routers (www.engadget.com)
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[–] 53 points 5 months ago (1 child)

It's so they can more reliably distribute their own backdoors.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    But how? America doesn’t make routers. There’s no American routers to put backdoors in!

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  • [–] 28 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    That'll be part of the "concessions" that foreign made routers make to get approval.

    Why the fuck else would the department of defense need to weigh in?

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