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

  • Erasmus
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    175 months ago

    Someone in the comment section posted a good question. Which specific routers that TP-Link makes are the issue?

    Is it all routers that they make or is this just because they are selling inexpensive routers that have become a large part of the US market?

    Does someone have an article that isn’t biased one way or the other that gives a list of effected routers ?

    • @technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      Does someone have an article that isn’t biased one way or the other

      We’re literally inside an imperial core.

      that gives a list of effected routers ?

      If there was a list of effected routers, TP-Link would most likely have patched them.

      • AvieshekOP
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        -25 months ago

        Most likely old routers still sold on Amazon instead of the latest WiFi 7 models on the website~

          • AvieshekOP
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            15 months ago

            TP-Link is popular because of their cheap options while easy-to-setup for average joe families.

            • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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              15 months ago

              Right, but I’m not seeing a reason that only the older routers would have these vulnerabilities. I’m guessing the base OS for all of them is quite similar.

              • AvieshekOP
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                15 months ago

                Well, they also don’t offer more than 2 updates on their proprietary software… so you can just categorise them as vintage or out of service like Apple especially for even older hardware that’s $20 or less like Tenda which is also another Chinese brand.

    • humble peat digger
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      5 months ago

      They don’t care. They want to ban TP-Link as a company, routers are just an excuse.

      This is the same people that keep blocking US gdpr legislation, so we know for a fact they don’t care about us, they just care about not being able to spy themselves.