along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 20 hours agoThe US government just banned consumer routers made outside the USwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down10
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkThe US government just banned consumer routers made outside the USwww.theverge.comalong_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 20 hours agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squaredfi@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·14 hours agoUpvoting this, you can turn any computer into a router as well. You can have control of your own hardware.
minus-squareOoops@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoThe problem is that this is not targeting the <1% that would just build their own router. Surveilance and control of the other 99% is sufficient.
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoI totally agree, but hopefully with some advocacy we can get it from 99 to 98%. Doesn’t sound like much, but that’s 2 million people who have switched then, and whoever else may live in their house using their non-routers.
Upvoting this, you can turn any computer into a router as well. You can have control of your own hardware.
The problem is that this is not targeting the <1% that would just build their own router. Surveilance and control of the other 99% is sufficient.
I totally agree, but hopefully with some advocacy we can get it from 99 to 98%. Doesn’t sound like much, but that’s 2 million people who have switched then, and whoever else may live in their house using their non-routers.