Wow this vuln must be a doozy. Usually NSA keeps this stuff for their own use, see Vault 7 and Shadow Brokers leaks. This confirms that the hardware is corrupted, otherwise it could be fixed with OpenWrt.
Not all models are supportable via OpenWrt, and besides that, I'm a bit confused on what they are trying to actually fix. I sadly seem to have before recently been unfortunate enough to have selected router models from TP-Link implemented with Broadcom processors, which OpenWRT devs can't get their hands on the specs to be able to support. But if these are implemented through IP blocks governed by Broadcom... TF is the threat here? Unless they're trying to say they're taking the Broadcom stuff in their own foundries, then adding nefarious bits outside those masks. I'd imagine if that were the case, the U.S wouldn't need to ban these, just compel Broadcom to give the gov access to the specs so they could actually measure if there was malicious divergence or not.
Unfortunately, I have the feeling this is more "vibes" based than anything else, or projection on the behalf the person proposing it, because something like this is exactly what they think they would do. Force a corporation to hot patch a malicious firmware update to cripple the Internet infra of an adversary nation. My problem with that line of thinking is that technically, even American companies have an incentive to do that once they get big enough, and picking the American manufacturers who get to be winners essentially guarantees they will become big enough to be problematic. I have a much bigger problem with that.
The side effect of causing an entire country's worth of enterprises to suddenly have to replace all of their networking gear stock is surely only a coincidence, and not beneficial to someone's portfolio, of course.
Finally! The tsunami of incredibly useful, "AI" coded apps we've been waiting for. This is really good news.
Anybody categorized these apps? I mean, there were literally hundreds of flashlight apps in the Google android store at one point. Are "AI" apps doing variants of one thing, or are they all over the map?
Is this why Trump had the FCC stop certifying new WiFi routers? Trump gave national security as a rationale for no longer certifying foreign routers.
We can know that the problem with new routers is in hardware - the certification process is based mainly on hardware requirements, besides, software can be updated, as the OpenWrt folks have proved.
We can also know that whatever problem exists in new routers, it's a big one. The NSA usually keeps these kind of vulnerabilities to themselves, for exploitation later. See the Vault 7 and Shadowbrokers leaks. There must be such huge hardware vulns that the NSA is certain the vulns will leak or be discovered.
The "lab leak" conspiracy theory exists to whitewash Trump's terrible handling of the early pandemic. If COVID was artificial, and careless/evil Chinese commies released it, well, gosh, Trump couldn't help it now could he? Did the best job he could in an emergency.
I do not know why Trump must be without blemish, but for some reason, he must.
This reads like a fully fleshed out LinkedInfluencer post.
You know the style. It's punchy.
Filled with single-sentence paragraphs!
The punctuation has some pizzazz.
There's an abrupt ending, exhorting you to face your deficiencies, work 25 hours a day to support your wife and children.
Anyway, I'm not on a witch hunt, but I think this article was written partly by an "AI" weened on LinkedIn. It makes some passable points, but nothing too earth shaking.
This one is really dumb. It's part "nobody call tell if the coffee is exactly 212F, so we can't know that it's hot" and part mistaking the symptoms for the cause.
"AI" output is colloquially "slop" because it's deeply flawed, not because a program generated it. Slop is not a Dumas novel that's stood the test of time, it's illogically formatted, weasel worded mid text.
There's also a whiff of stolen valor to slop. Purveyors of unacknowledged slop want the credit that the hard work of writing gets you, but don't want to think or apply elbow grease.
Unfortunately not a theory of Jeff and WaPo, just some pretty obvious observations, and the same questions we all had about it.
The article doesn't contain any new facts, or attempt a theory covering Bezos' direct intervention to prevent a 2024 Harris endorsement. Essentially the titular "theory" is a metaphorical shoulder shrug, and saying that "the minds of billionaires are beyond the ken of mortal man".
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