along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 21 days agoThe US government just banned consumer routers made outside the USwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
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minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoRouters are incredibly simple. You can run your own using openwrt or opnsense. Then some dumb switches and access points and you’re good to go.
minus-squaredfi@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 days agoUpvoting this, you can turn any computer into a router as well. You can have control of your own hardware.
minus-squareOoops@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 days 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.
Routers are incredibly simple. You can run your own using openwrt or opnsense. Then some dumb switches and access points and you’re good to go.
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.