Sources: US officials are investigating Chinese router maker TP-Link, which has an estimated 65% US market share, and could ban the sale of its routers in 2025
TP-Link is the bestselling router on Amazon—and has been linked to Chinese cyberattacks — U.S. authorities are investigating whether …
Wall Street Journal
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Discussion
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@sambiddle.com
Sam Biddle
on bluesky
As the article points out, American companies regularly ship routers with security vulnerabilities, and it doesn't appear the gov is willing to share or even suggest any evidence that TP-Link products are deliberately sabotaged in some way
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@sambiddle.com
Sam Biddle
on bluesky
This is potentially huge, but one consequence of years and years of anti-China Cold Warrior rhetoric out of the US gov't is it's become extremely hard to tell if something like this reflects a genuine threat or is just a product of more “national security” based Sinophobia and br…
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Cynthia Brumfield
on bluesky
Again, this appears to be based solely on politics. Experts told me that there is no evidence TP-Link routers are a security threat. www.csoonline.com/article/3504... [embedded post]
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@ericgeller
Eric Geller
on x
This would be a huge move.
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@dnvolz
Dustin Volz
on x
TP-Link, established in China, has roughly 65% of the U.S. market for routers for homes and small businesses, and powers internet communications for the Defense Department and other federal government agencies.
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@dnvolz
Dustin Volz
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NEWS: U.S. officials are weighing a ban of Chinese home router maker TP-Link—a top-selling device on Amazon—due to fears the devices pose a national security risk. Comes amid ongoing alarm around telecom insecurity wrought by Salt Typhoon. https://www.wsj.com/...
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r/privacy
r
on reddit
These routers may soon be banned in the US over security and privacy concerns (consider national security risk) Article Provided in post:
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r/TpLink
r
on reddit
us gov plans to ban tplink under pretext of unfixed security issues
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r/TPLink_Omada
r
on reddit
US gov plans to ban omada under pretext of unfixed security vulnerabilities