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The reason the FCC is only allowing the sale of state approved routers in the US?

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[โ€“] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Do you think every country has its own router hardware manufacturer and commodity chip manufacturer? ๐Ÿ˜‚

The 2 giants that make 95% of consumer routers around the world and the few companies that design the chips for them are both in heavy surveillance states.