Lawmakers say TP-Link's rock-bottom prices fuel Chinese cyberattacks, back US sales ban

[trieste1s]

I never will understand why people run to the defense of China in the name of cheap stuff. China has done MORE than enough dumping, IP theft, and proven back doors to justify their exclusion from all aspects of our communication structure. Hard coded openings in security software can be very hard to find. Look no further then all of these sky is falling CVE's that are released. "If you have admin privileges, a few hours, and some equipment, you can cause X which MIGHT be manipulated". These are problems we have to fix, but a country that desires to expand their empire actually designing all of the chips and software we use on the internet is no problem?????

When your country was the one thieving industrial blueprints and tech from the Bri-ish, thievery didn't seem to be a problem.

 

[Durch]

I never will understand why people run to the defense of China in the name of cheap stuff. China has done MORE than enough dumping, IP theft, and proven back doors to justify their exclusion from all aspects of our communication structure. Hard coded openings in security software can be very hard to find. Look no further then all of these sky is falling CVE's that are released. "If you have admin privileges, a few hours, and some equipment, you can cause X which MIGHT be manipulated". These are problems we have to fix, but a country that desires to expand their empire actually designing all of the chips and software we use on the internet is no problem?????

Totally not the fault of the companies that outsourced production overseas to allow for cheap labor/material costs while stuffing their pockets. Sure we can blame China for IP theft and backdoors, however the root cause is American CEOs, board members, and shareholders for selling out to the lowest bidder for a quick profit.

 

[DrSuess]

Is it any different in US? Amazon was told to be quiet about tariffs on their store, Apple was told to build factory wherever administration fill fit, lobbyists were told to cheat and corrupt non US officials if that helps them making money for US.
Report of those solar panels _inverters_ wasn't conclusive, and at this stage it seems as fabricated as Huawei 5g equipment issues.
At this stage there are no more 'good guys', just 'rich guys'.

No where in my post did I saw it was.

 

[cyberblogger]

It’s wild that the same $40 router that can’t hold a Zoom call without buffering is allegedly capable of cyberwarfare.

Its not really itself that gets used, except maybe for running a ping of death script. But what they do is expose the router to remote logging into your network and then plant cyberwarfare code in your tv and other devices to remotely attack a target.

But skype like other web rtc services have to have a bunch of servers across different ISPs to make that work. That is why its even difficult for Microsoft to make a global rtc network. Google and Apple have a bunch of DNS servers everywhere, and it wasn't a big deal for them to add video services to their stacks.

 

[ZedRM]

TPLink needs to open it's source software for inspection or get banned. It's as simple as that.

 

[DrSuess]

TPLink needs to open it's source software for inspection or get banned. It's as simple as that.

Even if it is open sourced there is no guarantee that open sourced version is what gets loaded on the device at the factory or on subsequent firmware updates from Chinese based update servers.

 

[clivedoffline]

TPLink needs to open it's source software for inspection or get banned. It's as simple as that.

The problem with open sourcing something is the company risks opening the system to even more vulnerabilities. I think its safe to assume that there are backdoors/vulnerabilities in a lot of our electronic devices its just a matter of who has access and who is excluded.

 

[ZedRM]

The problem with open sourcing something is the company risks opening the system to even more vulnerabilities.

That is not a problem, that opens the door to solutions and better security. That is never a bad thing.

 

[jam4t]

In terms of individual privacy, this biggest threats are Google, MS and Meta, as they will hand all your data, and everything you do on the internet/phone to any government that pays them, or any shady "security" company. China at least wont hand over any of your data to the government of the country you live in (assuming EU/US). What on Earth will they do with private US/EU data from individuals anyway ? Yes companies need to buy safe network equipment but individuals ? I doubt the Chinese government will be aiming to control or blackmail anyone you know, but you can bet with the way the US and EU governments are restricting freedoms more and more, that your own government is much more interested to find out what you are up to and that is your biggest threat

 

[bomer1941]

Could this be another case of -
When US companies have advantages: FREE TRADE !!!
When Chinese companies are catching up: NATIONAL SECURITY !!!

 

[lonetac]

Could this be another case of -
When US companies have advantages: FREE TRADE !!!
When Chinese companies are catching up: NATIONAL SECURITY !!!

Tiktok made some huge donations to Trump and his allies and now is no longer a security threat.

Meta sold our data to China many years ago and nobody batted an eye.

Anyone claiming national security on these topics is uninformed and really misrepresenting whats actually happening.

 

[Gezzer]

DIY router running OPNsense/pfsense. Problem solved. Built one for around 400CN.

 

[Fastturtle]

With how expensive new routers - wifi 6 - have gotten and the enshitification (you don't control them), I ended up looking at commercial offerings. Not anymore expensive and yes, you do get full control over the things that Asus, Linksys and everyone else denies you. If I don't control it, then it doesn't belong on my network.