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FCC just handed Netgear a de facto router monopoly in the US (www.engadget.com)
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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Er, there’s at least 5 consumer router manufacturers that meet the new requirements. Interestingly, one of them is TP-Link.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

lol, IIRC a government agency said TP-Link is not trustworthy.

[–] felbane@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

Translation: they refused to allow us to inject telemetry into their firmware.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago

That’s what makes it interesting 🤔