So you now can be absolutely certain that Netgear is actively and openly giving fascist authoritarians what they want.
At least before you could be fairly certain it was just the secretive three letter guys that roughly knew what they were doing at least. Now it’s even the blatant dumb fucks in charge.
Control of the routers
Control of online identity
What could go wrong?
Definitely will have no backdoor or monitoring installed as default.
And looks like netgear is off my list of trustworthiness. Used them for 20 years. Best get looking for a new one.
You can build your own router fyi
This seems awfully convenient for everyone, but the consumer.
boy, I wonder what palantir backdoors they definitely won’t have.
It’s not clear what makes Netgear’s currently foreign-made routers safer than, say, an Amazon Eero 7 or a Google Nest WiFi Pro.
This is all evidence that it’s not really about safety. It’s a clumsy attempt to strongarm tech companies into setting up factories in the USA. It may also be an attempt to create an environment in which it’s easier to install US government backdoors on every home router.
