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So the FCC is very interested in reducing the security of routers and getting all users of routers hacked. Good job FCC, you are the best. I guess they are conc
by x5n1 11y ago
So the FCC is very interested in reducing the security of routers and getting all users of routers hacked. Good job FCC, you are the best. I guess they are concerned about the router firmware letting you configure routers in such a way as to cause interference. The proper way to address that is to inform the makers of router firmware and force them to comply, I am sure the US government is more than capable of doing that, even if the FCC is not.
- GigabyteCoin 11y agoI can think of another three letter agency that might very well have suggested this new "security measure" be implemented. /tinfoilhat
- plaguuuuuu 11y agoTo be fair, you're talking about an agency that provably intercepted deliveries of Cisco hardware and installed backdoors in them. I don't think it's particularly far fetched.
- JoshTriplett 11y ago> To be fair, you're talking about an agency that provably intercepted deliveries of Cisco hardware and installed backdoors in them. I'm unsurprised, but do you have a link for that? I'd like to read more about it.
- GigabyteCoin 11y agohttp://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa-upgrade-factory-show-cisco-router-getting-implant/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa-...
- MichaelApproved 11y agohttp://www.engadget.com/2014/05/16/nsa-bugged-cisco-routers/ http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/16/nsa-bugged-cisco-routers/ More here https://www.google.com/search?q=intercept+cisco+routers&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=intercept+cisco+routers&ie=u...
- abrichr 11y agoHN submission from 440 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7737648 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7737648