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Re:Mystery Frequency Disrupted Car Fobs in an Ohio City, and... by Cyph0n on Sunday May 05, 2019 @11:47AM (#19833365)
Then the FCC comes knocking?
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Re:Mystery Frequency Disrupted Car Fobs in an Ohio City, and... by colejohnson66 on Sunday May 05, 2019 @11:49AM (#19833377)
FCC can’t really do anything about a Chinese person selling from China
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Re:Mystery Frequency Disrupted Car Fobs in an Ohio City, and... by azhenley on Sunday May 05, 2019 @12:04PM (#19833446)
They can if someone is importing it.
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Re:Mystery Frequency Disrupted Car Fobs in an Ohio City, and... by ajuc on Sunday May 05, 2019 @12:07PM (#19833459)
Most hobbyst (at least where I live) order directly from China on ebay or aliexpress. It's cheapest this way.
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Re:Mystery Frequency Disrupted Car Fobs in an Ohio City, and... by Freak_NL on Sunday May 05, 2019 @02:05PM (#19834059)
Customs services worldwide probably won't even come close to inspecting even 1% of that unending stream of tiny plastic envelopes containing some sort of electronics heading for thousands of local hobbyists. It's a logistical impossibility.
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Re:Mystery Frequency Disrupted Car Fobs in an Ohio City, and... by ajuc on Sunday May 05, 2019 @03:30PM (#19834511)
They could blacklist everything and only pass-through stuff sent by trusted exporters I guess. Check 1% of the packages, if some exporter lied revoke his trusted status.

But I highly doubt they will do it :)

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Re:Mystery Frequency Disrupted Car Fobs in an Ohio City, and... by amingilani on Sunday May 05, 2019 @12:17PM (#19833506)
That's what I do it almost all my equipment (not US, though)
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Re:Mystery Frequency Disrupted Car Fobs in an Ohio City, and... by morpheuskafka on Sunday May 05, 2019 @12:35PM (#19833589)
They can send a BOLO to CBP and have the devices seized on import.
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Re:Mystery Frequency Disrupted Car Fobs in an Ohio City, and... by myself248 on Sunday May 05, 2019 @12:48PM (#19833649)
HAHAHahahahaa.

An entire bucket of Chinese electronic components in my living room begs to disagree.

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Re:Mystery Frequency Disrupted Car Fobs in an Ohio City, and... by sokoloff on Sunday May 05, 2019 @12:50PM (#19833664)
Modules and components do not need FCC certification to be imported. CBP isn't going to do anything.

Finished goods need FCC certification to be sold.

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