FCC bans nearly all wireless routers sold in US
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Is Your Wi-Fi Router Safe From the FCC Ban? Nearly Every Major Brand Is Impacted
Your router is the gateway for all wireless communication within your home, so you should avoid anything that could increase its vulnerability to attacks.
Router makers can seek conditional approvals under the same process used for the FCC ban on foreign-made drones. For drones, conditional approvals have been granted to US-based companies SiFly Aviation and Verge Aero, the Norwegian company ScoutDI, and Israeli company Mobilicom. Chinese drone-maker DJI sued the FCC over the ban.
The Federal Communications Commission bans the sale of new foreign-made routers in the US to protect national security. The ironic side effect: It could stop your current router from receiving vital security updates.
If you are anything like me, you have probably been through your fair share of wireless routers. You may even have a collection of them growing in your storage room, if you haven't gotten around to selling them on the second hand market yet. I recently ...