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The US bans all new foreign-made network routers (www.engadget.com)

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[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

From another article about this topic:

This leads to the question of what exactly the FCC means by consumer-grade routers.

In September 2024, NIST submitted proposals to strengthen the – undeniably modest – IT security of routers (NIST IR 8425A). It states: “Routers forward data packets, most commonly Internet Protocol (IP) packets, between networked systems.”

This encompasses a wide range of devices, from WLAN repeaters to smartphones

So new smartphones are banned too?

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

They wouldn't be forwarding packets between networked systems unless you're using one as a hotspot. And even then I don't know if the term "networked systems" would include a single computer or if they intend it to mean an area network of some kind.