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The FCC decided that all foreign-made consumer-grade Internet routers are prohibited from receiving FCC authorization and are therefore prohibited from being imported for use or sale in the US. (infosec.exchange)
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[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 105 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

no RAM, no hard drives, no GPUs, no drones, and no routers.

Freedom hits different now that like six people own 50% of everything.

[-] lemmyng@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

I was about to argue "couldn't people just buy a Raspberry Pi and put OpenWRT or OpnSense on it?" before realizing Raspberry Pis are also seeing price increases.

Holy fuck, what the fuck are we gonna do now?!

[-] NOPper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago

There's a billion 2nd hand old laptops and stuff everywhere

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

exclusions apply: i've been building my own router out of second hand parts for the last 15 years and the pickin's are very slim rn.

[-] RuthBaderGonesburg@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

we'll reach levels of grass touching previously thought impossible

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