PSA - Potential Chinese Security Threat w/ Router

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Dec 19, 2024
9:59:57pm

ordinary tri guy All-American

PSA - Potential Chinese Security Threat w/ Router

I’m pretty sure I still have an old one sitting around my house somewhere…

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/politics/us-investigating-potential-national-security-risks-internet-routers/index.html

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ordinary tri guy

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PSA - Potential Chinese Security Threat w/ Router

ordinary tri guy

Dec 19, 9:59pm

TP-Link stuff has been sketchy from the start.

HuskerFan2

Dec 19, 10:09pm

TP-Link Deco routers have some of the best reviews in mesh routers and Costco carries them

CSoul

Dec 19, 10:13pm

Costco is a bigger sham than TP link. Don’t be fooled twice.

EEcougar

Dec 19, 10:17pm

Weird comment, but Deco routers are generally highly rated everywhere, including from

CSoul

Dec 19, 10:18pm

Whew. Fortunately TNT cannot afford a router

TNT

Dec 19, 10:30pm

They are very good

JoeExotic

Dec 19, 10:54pm

That would be a bummer because I have all their light switches in my house

CSoul

Dec 19, 10:13pm

deco is one of these? Darn it. I just bought these last year!

Cougarclaw

Dec 19, 10:42pm

Ditto and it’s been great!

Akilleez

Dec 19, 10:50pm

mine has actually not been stellar. I've had internet lag, and

Cougarclaw

10:01am

It’s just the software has vulnerabilities, and most routers do.

BNcoug

Dec 19, 11:26pm

What am i missing here? (did anybody actually read the article?)

TheLost

8:58am

I’m going to go out on a limb and say there may be more to this because our

ordinary tri guy

10:06am

I'm not saying TP-Link is Supermicro, but we've been here before.

HuskerFan2

10:59am

My point is... what are the other options?

TheLost

11:20am

Nest, Eero, netgear

JoeExotic

1:00pm

I think it's low knowledge legislators just freaking out. I don't think they will

CSoul

12:03pm

Having worked with TP-Link, Netgear, and several other companies in the

OlanchoCoug

1:05pm

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