The incoming Trump administration could take action next year.

TP-link is reportedly being investigated over national security concerns linked to vulnerabilities in its very popular routers.

  • ben@lemmy.zipEnglish
    331·
    18 hours ago

    I’d personally hope they just force open sourcing their firmwares if they want to stay in the market. I really like my Omada stuff, ubiquiti is just a tough pill to swallow on price.

    • tty5@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      17 hours ago

      They (FCC) forced firmwares being signed so nobody can install their own on the off chance it unlocks TX power or frequencies not allowed by FCC.

      • john89@lemmy.caEnglish
        141·
        16 hours ago

        Can’t say I’ve ever seen an example of signed firmware that didn’t exist to further exploit the working class.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          11·
          10 hours ago

          You’ve never used Linux?

          Signed firmware just means you can prove a given key was used to sign something. Most Linux distributions sign their packages so you know one of the trusted keys from the maintainers was used to sign the packages (and yes, this includes firmware), which prevents a man-in-the-middle from modifying packages.

          The only problem I have with signed firmware is if there’s no way to change the acceptable keys. Signing itself is an important security feature, its only problematic if the user can’t upload their own signed packages.

          • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            4 hours ago

            Requiring signed firmware is just a lock to keep poors out.

            It’s Never used for consumers benefit, not once, not ever.

      • pirat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        15 hours ago

        I recently bought their Flint 2 (GL-MT6000) based on multiple recommendations online when looking for a router that supports OpenWRT. That’s preinstalled, with AdGuard Home and WireGuard VPN on top of it. I’m looking forward to set it up and play around with it.

        What do you exactly mean when you describe their approach in software as Android-like? That it’s easy to install services in OpenWRT?