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US targets TP-Link with a potential ban on the Chinese routers (www.theverge.com)
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TP-link is reportedly being investigated over national security concerns linked to vulnerabilities in its very popular routers.

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[–] soul@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

And yet, grandpa or that weird uncle everyone has could just pop onto amazon and buy a normal tp-link router on sale right now for all of about $40 that has wifi built in.

Anyone who's tech-savvy should put themselves into the shoes of their non-tech-savvy parents or grandparents in a situation where they don't have you around to help. That's who the main audience is; not someone willing to go even slightly down into the stack with this idea.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What audience? I'm talking about people here on Lemmy reading this article.

[–] avieshek@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

Well, they’re more likely to put OpenWRT in a Raspberry Pi tbf~