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Why Cybersecurity Experts Want Open Source Routers (vice.com)
derekmead writes: A coalition of 260 cybersecurity experts is taking advantage of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) public comment period to push for open source Wi-Fi router firmware.
The cybersecurity experts asked the FCC on Wednesday to require router makers to open-source their firmware, or the basic software that controls its core functionality, as a condition for it being licensed for use in the US. The request comes amid a wider debate on how the FCC should ensure that Wi-Fi routers' wireless signals don't "go outside stated regulatory rules" and cause harmful interference to other devices like cordless phones, radar, and satellite dishes.
The cybersecurity experts asked the FCC on Wednesday to require router makers to open-source their firmware, or the basic software that controls its core functionality, as a condition for it being licensed for use in the US. The request comes amid a wider debate on how the FCC should ensure that Wi-Fi routers' wireless signals don't "go outside stated regulatory rules" and cause harmful interference to other devices like cordless phones, radar, and satellite dishes.
good luck!
check out this provision in the TPP:
http://www.international.gc.ca...
Prevents governments in TPP countries from demanding access to an enterprise’s software source code.
LOL. You conservatives crack me up.
We elected President Hope and Change - Obama. He works for *the people*, particularly those who are poor or minority (some exclusions may apply, specifically asians and pacific islanders are, for purposes of this paragraph, not a "minority"), not big corporations or Wall Street fat cats!
Wow, I can't wait to see the look on those corporation people's faces when Obama strikes down this cronyist giveaway! It'll be priceless. He'll send those Republicans back where they came from with nothing to show for it but some spanked bottoms.
Anyway, that's why we elected him. We were tired of big money making laws. See how smart we are?
Do you have ESP?