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The video on their website is even more damaging... Edit: Note, this is NOT a claim about this company, their security, or practices -- just a look at the "Mad
by ldoughty 3y ago
The video on their website is even more damaging...
Edit: Note, this is NOT a claim about this company, their security, or practices -- just a look at the "Made in USA" label they press heavily
"The integrated circuits can come from outside the united states"
A bit of research seems to indicate that this is a fuzzy system..
> The product’s final assembly or processing must take place in the U.S. The Commission then considers other factors, including how much of the product’s total manufacturing costs can be assigned to U.S. parts and processing, and how far removed any foreign content is from the finished product. [1]
So basically, they could have a foreign made network card, cpu, OS... but if you're making a $10,000 car and the total cost of the foreign assistance is <~$500?, it can still be Made in America while being 100% all logic from foreign sources and highly insecure (as long as the dollar costs work out satisfactory to a commission of people)
You can basically skirt the rules by taking 'assembled in America' another level or two deeper -- like they have. They also do the OS in-states, which they can likely claim is a "huge processing effort" -- which could make the hardware aspects and origin less important in the commissions review
[1]: https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/plain-language/bus03-complying-made-usa-standard.pdf https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/plain-language/bu...
- FormerBandmate 3y agoWho doesn’t make their operating system in the United States? I can’t think of any technology I own that has an operating system not made here
- walrus01 3y agoLinux doesn't have one specific national origin if you were to add up all the developers of the kernel and the base packages in a CLI only Debian install.
- quantum_state 3y agoThis Made in USA is completely BS and scam …