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The FCC Just Banned the Sale of New Wi-Router Models Made Outside US (www.pcmag.com)
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The surprising order means any new Wi-Fi router models sold in the country must be US-made, or receive an exemption from the Pentagon or Homeland Security Department.

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[โ€“] burt@programming.dev 42 points 1 day ago (1 children)

curious (well not really) that it is only consumer grade. nothing about business grade, of even a deliniation as to where "pro-sumer" falls. if this is a big brother situation then the consumer only thing makes perfect sense. it also drives users back to isp supplied hardware which means more rental fees, so more money CEOs.

[โ€“] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago

Won't be surprised if the ISP provided hardware is going to be the only allowed stuff. For you and me, not for the gov't or companies though. They specifically only mentioned "consumer grade" and also specifically state that products sold to or used by the federal gov't are not restricted at all. Seems like that carve-out is backwards if these things are such big "security risks"...