FCC bans nearly all wireless routers sold in US
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The Federal Communications Commission bans the sale of new foreign-made routers in the US to protect national security. The ironic side effect: It could stop your current router from receiving vital security updates.
Router makers can seek conditional approvals under the same process used for the FCC ban on foreign-made drones. For drones, conditional approvals have been granted to US-based companies SiFly Aviation and Verge Aero, the Norwegian company ScoutDI, and Israeli company Mobilicom. Chinese drone-maker DJI sued the FCC over the ban.