[wsfii-discuss] America's crackdown on open-source Wi-Fi router firmware – THE TRUTH and how to get involved

Sun Sep 6 15:39:55 UTC 2015

I agree, the vast reach of the US prodcuts and standards means that it
becomes the defacto standard for other countries as well. What is troubling
is the "almost worldwide and consistent" crackdown on open protocols due to
fear mongering.

People who are going to break the law for a larger purpose aren't going to
be put off by a firmware hack but people who have legitimate reason to use
open source firm (and the customization it offers) are going to watching
their backs all the time.

ram

On 6 September 2015 at 20:54, Alexander List <alex at list.priv.at> wrote:

> Even if other countries chose not to implement the same rules, due to the
> sheer size of the markets (US + EU) manufacturers would have to implement
> this everywhere, as country specific modifications do not scale.
>
> Now, they can produce a device once and the regdomain is set to US, EU,
> etc.
>
> This does not only affect the US or Europe, but anyone who wants to use
> alternative firmware, worldwide.
>
> The intention of this proposed rulemaking is unclear to me, and I think it
> would be ineffective. Security measures have been broken in the past. This
> change would just add uncertainty and increase device cost.
>
> Alex
>
> On September 6, 2015 5:03:02 PM GMT+08:00, "Ramnarayan.K" <
> ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So what implications is this going to have on the Open Source Firmwares
>> for wifi routers and all the associated software / methods.
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/05/fcc_software_updates/
>>
>> The aricle is a fairly long one , so am not posting the text.
>>
>> Seems to me this ia a fairly direct attack on any method of altering any
>> computing device in anyway. First we had UEFI and now this.
>>
>> While it seems centred on the US, it doesn't take much time for certain
>> other parties to jump onto the bandwagon, and also in places where much of
>> the equipment is drawn from US sources.
>>
>> ram
>> (India)
>>
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