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The US Is Considering a TP-Link Router Ban—Should You Worry? (www.wired.com)
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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The best that they've got is that TP-Link is competitive on pricing. Oh no they're not bilking consumers and still make enough money to function, that must mean something shady is happening! Or maybe they're just a company who isn't all-in on ripping off consumers for overpriced tech gear?

Also, the argument that some models force you to log in, sure, if you're a technically un-inclined dingus. If you are technically inclined, literally nothing is stopping you from installing something like OpenWRT/DD-WRT/FreshTomato on your TP-Link router and bypassing the login requirement entirely by replacing the firmware with an open source variant (note: DD-WRT isn't actually fully open like OpenWRT and FreshTomato). The point being that their two major arguments for why TP-Link are dangerous are defeated pretty damn simply.

If I can avoid logging in by installing fresh firmware of my own, and the only other major argument they have is that they're selling at lower prices then competitors... well, that's pretty weak tea.

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which do you prefer FreshTomato or WRT ones?

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago

I haven't tried FreshTomato, just know it exists. I used to roll DD-WRT but I've moved to OpenWRT because I prefer code that is auditable.