The incoming Trump administration could take action next year.

TP-link is reportedly being investigated over national security concerns linked to vulnerabilities in its very popular routers.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      Out of curiosity, what would happen with older models. Also other devices, like I don’t have a TPlink router but I do have a TPlink Ethernet to power to Ethernet I bought when I lived in an appartment and didn’t want to drill holes in the walls. (Wifi ran from center of house, but outed it to a 110 in the wall and hardwired to a PC into a RAP for work in bedroom at the time.

      • paraphrand@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        31 minutes ago

        Older devices stop getting software/firmware updates.

        But usually simpler things like USB to Ethernet adapters and switches don’t have much going on update wise. If anything at all. Switches often do, adapters rarely do.

        The best you can do is keep an eye on updates for the devices, if any. Keep an ear out for reported vulnerabilities, and then retire devices when they are no longer maintained.

        But all of that is quite a burden for a device most people set up and forget about. At some scale, and in some senses, there is no good answer. New vulnerabilities are found all the time in hardware/software.

        If you just mean “will old devices stop working”? No. This would just impact new sales.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        14 minutes ago

        Eh, something like a dumb switch or PoE injector shouldn’t cause any problems since they don’t really have any exploitable logic, and they’re behind a router anyway.