floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe FCC decided that all foreign-made consumer-grade Internet routers are prohibited from receiving FCC authorization and are therefore prohibited from being imported for use or sale in the US.infosec.exchangeexternal-linkmessage-square153linkfedilinkarrow-up1820arrow-down14cross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
arrow-up1816arrow-down1external-linkThe FCC decided that all foreign-made consumer-grade Internet routers are prohibited from receiving FCC authorization and are therefore prohibited from being imported for use or sale in the US.infosec.exchangefloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square153linkfedilinkcross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
minus-squareParanoid Factoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·edit-22 months agoI can understand the FTC being involved because trade. But the FCC? Maybe regulatory authority over WiFi? But this seems like massive over reach. Remember when conservatives claimed to support smaller government?
minus-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 months ago Remember when conservatives claimed to support smaller government? I only remember when conservatives lied everytime they opened their mouths.
minus-squareshane@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYeah, Reagan was always talking about small government, and then he blew up the deficit with unchecked spending. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
minus-squarehalowpeano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoI mean… “Small government” Republicans were always demonstrably lying, as far back as any of them have been alive. Every one of them just wanted to shift money from things that support people to the pockets of their donors.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoHow about the bit where they say home routers have to be approved by the DHS or the “Department of War”? This is not normal.
I can understand the FTC being involved because trade. But the FCC? Maybe regulatory authority over WiFi? But this seems like massive over reach.
Remember when conservatives claimed to support smaller government?
I only remember when conservatives lied everytime they opened their mouths.
Yeah, Reagan was always talking about small government, and then he blew up the deficit with unchecked spending. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I mean… “Small government” Republicans were always demonstrably lying, as far back as any of them have been alive. Every one of them just wanted to shift money from things that support people to the pockets of their donors.
How about the bit where they say home routers have to be approved by the DHS or the “Department of War”? This is not normal.
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