Answer: somebody got paid.
And there’s a backdoor in all their products
That’s a given, but I think they are suggesting they added one for the us government.
Correct
My friend has an Amazon owned router. Is that better?
change it asap
Take a wild guess
Spyware, but it’s removable
paywall
Use “Reading Mode” it works fine
I stopped buying Asus routers because they fucking suck.
They are prolific when it comes to knowing about and ignoring major security flaws in all of their software. That and just the shittiest hardware. They made a name with netbooks, had a few good years and then pioneered enshittifcation. Fuck asus.
Add Archer / TP link to that list.
Out of the loop, what’s wrong with them? What’s the alternative?
TP-Link has been alleged to have National Security concerns due to its ties to China.
You can read for yourself but when this was in the news ~1 year ago I looked into it. To me it seems like a combination of a smear campaign started by Netgear and bad actors from the Republican Party within the government.
Edit: This is a pretty good write up that explains it without straying too far into opinion.
Why would anyone want to manufacture in the US? Tariffs on components would rape your margins
Just a thought, but maybe we don’t use rape in this context?
You’re right, and you were even polite about it. Anyone who uses that word for anything other than being literal has decided that they are completely fine with triggering rape victims if it helps them make a point.
Oh, and the people who comment on the use of that word are often rape victims, who then get piled with mean comments and downvotes. It’s gross.
When people think of Trump, I want people to think of rape
I see what you’re saying, but the second definition of that word in the Webster’s dictionary is “an outrageous violation”. The use of the word in the way that they did it is valid and not archaic.
There’s a router ban?
In the land of the free
For “security” reasons. They’re moving to ban vpns.
If midterms don’t turn out I wholeheartedly expect violence. This shits out of control.
Asuswrt-Merlin has been nice to work with otherwise I’d not really go with Asus.
That picture though 😆
This is how they escaped.
This is how they get maximum WiFi range
Bitcoin donation to the fucking Orange Menace
Probably all they had to do was buy a bunch of crypto “currency” from World Liberty Financial. Nothing to see here.
This is not information we should expect from Asus, and Asus is right to not provide it to the press. This information should come directly from the United States government in an honest, transparent, and verifiable release. If the government is unable to provide such a release, then we are left to wonder what the government did that was so shady that they won’t follow even the most mundane of bureaucratic processes. Par for the course for the current administration, unfortunately…
They paid the bribe money to Mafiusa.
