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“No one is allowed to put spyware in our citizens’ network equipment but US!”

This feels really familiar. Did they already do this at some point? Maybe during the first round of trump?

Anyone know if this impacts just "routers" or if it includes switches, access points, etc? The all in ones have always been trash regardless of company but I still need switches and access points and reading between the lines "only models the Pentagon approves" seems to hint to me only those models that put USA burger back-doors which are the last thing I want in my network here in the heart of burger-stan.

Edit: From the FCC page:

Router defined as: consumer-grade networking devices that are primarily intended for residential use and can be installed by the customer. Routers forward data packets, most commonly Internet Protocol (IP) packets, between networked systems.

Forward data packets between networked systems. Great that's potentially everything. That consumer-grade might be doing some heavy lifting though so maybe small business lines won't be impacted though I think this is going to be down to who gets bribed.

What constitutes “produced in a foreign country”? Is there a content threshold?

• The National Security Determination states that “[p]roduction generally includes any major stage of the process through which the device is made including manufacturing, assembly, design, and development.”
• In the equipment authorization process, applicants have to self-certify that any RF device is not “covered equipment.” Going forward, this includes self-certification that the RF device is not a router “produced in a foreign country.”
• Applicants seeking equipment authorization for any router will bear responsibility for certifying, in good faith, that any such router was not “produced in a foreign country.”

So no making them in China, then assembling them here. You basically can't do any work in China, Mexico, Korea, Japan, etc.

So arguably this is 2 things:

1. Trump's harebrained idea that he can re-industrialize the US.

2. The actual desired outcome of the natsec state which is blackmailing China, Chinese companies, etc to put in US backdoors and give US significant input on design. Probably to destroy Chinese companies. American and NATO companies even if they make the devices in China still will report vulnerabilities to the NSA/CIA for their use before patching while Chinese companies will not so in practice it's probably an open war on any fully Chinese owned company but not American designed by American companies but built in China stuff. Attempts to keep China from moving up the value chain once again.

It is well documented that TP Link caused Trump to shit in his pants. This simply cannot be allowed.