[Bloat] US Weighs Banning TP-Link Router

[David Lang]

tp=link is in the process of splitting off their US operations (I was looking at 
getting a job there), which would seem to bypass this problem.

David Lang

On Wed, 18 Dec 2024, David Collier-Brown via Bloat wrote:

> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:04:52 -0500
> From: David Collier-Brown via Bloat <bloat at lists.bufferbloat.net>
> Reply-To: David Collier-Brown <davec-b at rogers.com>
> To: bloat at lists.bufferbloat.net
> Subject: Re: [Bloat] US Weighs Banning TP-Link Router
> 
> Previous claims, from August 2024:
>
> therecord.media
>
> Routers from China-based TP-Link a national security threat, US lawmakers 
> claim <#>
>
> The two members of Congress called on the Commerce Department to investigate 
> risks related to TP-Link routers amid concerns over state-backed Chinese 
> hacking operations.
>
> 🔗 https://therecord.media/routers-from-tp-link-security-commerce-department 
> <https://therecord.media/routers-from-tp-link-security-commerce-department>
>
> On 12/18/24 09:54, David Collier-Brown via Bloat wrote:
>> 
>> I see, from Slashdot, that the US is considering banning TP-Link routers, 
>> as a security risk.
>> 
>> Most can run OpenWRT: should we be petitioning the Commerce Department or 
>> it's equivalent to require existing TP-Link routers be migrated to OpenWRT? 
>> And I'd suggest, while /retaining their settings/.
>> 
>> --dave
>> (I used to do fixed-price source-to-source ports at Sun, so this is 
>> possible)
>> 
>> news.slashdot.org
>> 
>> US Weighs Banning TP-Link Router Over National Security Concerns - Slashdot 
>> <#>
>> 
>> U.S. authorities are investigating Chinese router manufacturer TP-Link over 
>> national security risks and considering banning its devices, WSJ reported 
>> Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The Commerce, Defense 
>> and Justice departments have launched separate probes into the company, 
>> whic...
>> 
>> 🔗 
>> https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/12/18/1249207/us-weighs-banning-tp-link-router-over-national-security-concerns 
>> <https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/12/18/1249207/us-weighs-banning-tp-link-router-over-national-security-concerns> 
>> 
>> www.msn.com
>> 
>> MSN <#>
>> 
>> 🔗 
>> https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/u-s-weighs-ban-on-chinese-made-router-in-millions-of-american-homes/ar-AA1w51es 
>> <https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/u-s-weighs-ban-on-chinese-made-router-in-millions-of-american-homes/ar-AA1w51es> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
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