thestryker Scott_Tx said: Make the source code open source, that should be step 1. If this whole mess was actually about security then maybe that would have been a requirement unfortunately it's not. Reply
RBBrittain Someone will need to sue the FCC because the "router ban" is illegal and unsupported by any evidence. If backdoors in existing routers justified it, why does it apply ONLY to new routers? And where's the evidence that U.S.-made routers (which don't exist) are any safer than foreign-made routers? This was nothing more than a backdoor TP-Link ban, because there was NO clear proof of improper Chinese connections to the present company, just insinuations based on hackers targeting its highly popular routers. Reply
wakuwaku Scott_Tx said: Make the source code open source, that should be step 1. Which Asus already does. You can download the source code for their router firmware from their website. Specific versions can be requested from them if you can't find the exact version you want. The parts that are closed source mostly, if not all, come from American suppliers. Broadcomm, Qualcomm, nVidia, Trend Micro etc. Whatever Asus made themselves are open source. Maybe ask them to open source their stuff first, then we talk. Reply
bill001g It is not routers I would worry about. You are now constantly seeing reports of various electronic devices having spying software from robot vacuums to tvs. Then again people are stupid they run out to buy the newest apple products even knowing apple is one of the worst offenders in collection of private data. There is a very long history of china networking companies putting backdoors into products. Huawei got caught "accidentally" leaving software active in their cell tower routers that collected information about every call going though the equipment and sent it back to china. Almost every product from huawei, even non cell phone related, has been banned in the USA and many EU countries for years . I suspect there is more to this that the FCC is not releasing. Even if a router was compromised almost all data is now encrypted by the end devices so I wonder what they are concerned about. Reply
checkbuzz bill001g said: It is not routers I would worry about. You are now constantly seeing reports of various electronic devices having spying software from robot vacuums to tvs. Then again people are stupid they run out to buy the newest apple products even knowing apple is one of the worst offenders in collection of private data. There is a very long history of china networking companies putting backdoors into products. Huawei got caught "accidentally" leaving software active in their cell tower routers that collected information about every call going though the equipment and sent it back to china. Almost every product from huawei, even non cell phone related, has been banned in the USA and many EU countries for years . I suspect there is more to this that the FCC is not releasing. Even if a router was compromised almost all data is now encrypted by the end devices so I wonder what they are concerned about. You're wrong, Huawei never got caught out doing any such thing and you cannot support your claim with any evidence. Much like the TP-Link router ban, this is simply about trying to maintain US tech dominance by old school protectionism, the last refuge of losers. Reply
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