In case you're searching for wifi and Ethernet #routers with open source #Openwrt Linux distribution here's some trustworthy ones
Openwrt One
https://openwrt.org/toh/openwrt/one
https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/OpenWRT-One/BananaPi_OpenWRT-One
Turris
https://www.turris.com
https://openwrt.org/toh/turris/turris_omnia
GL-inet
https://www.gl-inet.com
https://openwrt.org/toh/gl.inet/start
Openwrt One
https://openwrt.org/toh/openwrt/one
https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/OpenWRT-One/BananaPi_OpenWRT-One
Turris
https://www.turris.com
https://openwrt.org/toh/turris/turris_omnia
GL-inet
https://www.gl-inet.com
https://openwrt.org/toh/gl.inet/start
BananaPi Docs
Banana Pi OpenWrt One Router
Banana Pi OpenWrt One router official support by OpenWrt community
#usa #FCC bans imports of new #routers made in other countries, on national security concerns
The US Federal Communications Commission has just announced a ban on imports of “all consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries,” which would be… almost all of them, except that the rule only affects new routers that haven’t yet received FCC authorization.
Last year, news broke that Government officials had been considering banning sales of TP-Link routers manufactured in China, ostensibly because of concerns that they could pose risks to national security. But the FCC’s announcement goes much, much further by “prohibiting approval of new models” of any router manufactured outside the United States.
https://liliputing.com/fcc-bans-imports-of-new-routers-made-in-other-countries-on-national-security-concerns/
The US Federal Communications Commission has just announced a ban on imports of “all consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries,” which would be… almost all of them, except that the rule only affects new routers that haven’t yet received FCC authorization.
Last year, news broke that Government officials had been considering banning sales of TP-Link routers manufactured in China, ostensibly because of concerns that they could pose risks to national security. But the FCC’s announcement goes much, much further by “prohibiting approval of new models” of any router manufactured outside the United States.
https://liliputing.com/fcc-bans-imports-of-new-routers-made-in-other-countries-on-national-security-concerns/
Liliputing
FCC bans imports of new routers made in other countries, on national security concerns
FCC bans imports of new routers made in other countries, on national security concerns
#Comcast Turns Millions Of #Routers Into #Motion Sensors - The Same #WiFi Signals Can ID You With 99.5% Accuracy -ZH
Dear Comcast customers: The internet gateway in your living room is now a motion sensor. It's free of charge, and the data can go to law enforcement without further notice. What's more, researchers have already shown that these same signals can identify exactly who is in the room.
On Tuesday, Comcast unveiled Xfinity Shield, a home security platform built entirely around the WiFi network. Its centerpiece, WiFi Motion, turns the leased gateway into a motion detector at no extra charge. According to Comcast, a typical customer has roughly 36 devices connected to their WiFi.
WiFi Motion works because a human body moving through a room disturbs the signal field between the gateway and stationary connected devices, like a printer or a game console. While the feature is opt-in and - according to Comcast's rollout materials - does not track phones or reach through WiFi extenders, those limitations are choices Comcast made in software, not limitations of the technology itself.
Comcast says WiFi Motion works "without recording video, capturing images or identifying individuals."
The company is not shy about identification as a product. The $15-a-month tier, Xfinity Shield Select, adds AI-powered cameras that identify people, pets, packages and vehicles. The free tier's restraint is a line drawn one product SKU away.
The company's own terms spell out where the data can go. According to the fine print that drew criticism when the feature first appeared last year, Comcast "may disclose information generated by your WiFi Motion to third parties without further notice" in connection with law enforcement investigations. Users pointed out at the time that the only complete opt-out is returning the Xfinity router.
The true capabilities of this technology were laid out by researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in findings presented last November at the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security in Taipei. Using nothing but the traffic from an ordinary WiFi network, their system identified people with 99.5 percent accuracy in a study of 197 participants, regardless of viewing angle or how the person walked.
The method exploits beamforming feedback information (BFI) - housekeeping signals that every connected device sends back to the router so it can aim its transmissions efficiently. Beamforming has shipped with consumer WiFi hardware since WiFi 5. Because this feedback travels unencrypted, anyone within radio range can read it and, using a trained model, convert it into a crude radio image of whoever is present.
Dear Comcast customers: The internet gateway in your living room is now a motion sensor. It's free of charge, and the data can go to law enforcement without further notice. What's more, researchers have already shown that these same signals can identify exactly who is in the room.
On Tuesday, Comcast unveiled Xfinity Shield, a home security platform built entirely around the WiFi network. Its centerpiece, WiFi Motion, turns the leased gateway into a motion detector at no extra charge. According to Comcast, a typical customer has roughly 36 devices connected to their WiFi.
WiFi Motion works because a human body moving through a room disturbs the signal field between the gateway and stationary connected devices, like a printer or a game console. While the feature is opt-in and - according to Comcast's rollout materials - does not track phones or reach through WiFi extenders, those limitations are choices Comcast made in software, not limitations of the technology itself.
Comcast says WiFi Motion works "without recording video, capturing images or identifying individuals."
The company is not shy about identification as a product. The $15-a-month tier, Xfinity Shield Select, adds AI-powered cameras that identify people, pets, packages and vehicles. The free tier's restraint is a line drawn one product SKU away.
The company's own terms spell out where the data can go. According to the fine print that drew criticism when the feature first appeared last year, Comcast "may disclose information generated by your WiFi Motion to third parties without further notice" in connection with law enforcement investigations. Users pointed out at the time that the only complete opt-out is returning the Xfinity router.
The true capabilities of this technology were laid out by researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in findings presented last November at the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security in Taipei. Using nothing but the traffic from an ordinary WiFi network, their system identified people with 99.5 percent accuracy in a study of 197 participants, regardless of viewing angle or how the person walked.
The method exploits beamforming feedback information (BFI) - housekeeping signals that every connected device sends back to the router so it can aim its transmissions efficiently. Beamforming has shipped with consumer WiFi hardware since WiFi 5. Because this feedback travels unencrypted, anyone within radio range can read it and, using a trained model, convert it into a crude radio image of whoever is present.
ZeroHedge
Comcast Turns Millions Of Routers Into Motion Sensors - The Same WiFi Signals Can ID You With 99.5% Accuracy
Comcast "may disclose information generated by your WiFi Motion to third parties without further notice" in connection with law enforcement investigations.