The Cheap 2.5GbE Poe Unmanaged Switch (2022)

Re:The Cheap 2.5GbE Poe Unmanaged Switch (2022) by TheRealPomax on Saturday October 08, 2022 @12:14AM (#33129741)

That's... not obvious at all, no? Even if it's a rando-brand, you're going to have to dig deep to show these things actually phone home. Because so far that's been a lovely little tinfoil hat conspiracy theory that just doesn't hold up to reality.

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Re:The Cheap 2.5GbE Poe Unmanaged Switch (2022) by louky on Saturday October 08, 2022 @01:07AM (#33129921)

Hilariously lawful intercept^1 is a baked-in Backdoor on many US branded devices like from Cisco. It taps ports and exfils data surreptitiously.

Not just legal but legally required.

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawful_interception

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Re:The Cheap 2.5GbE Poe Unmanaged Switch (2022) by Hikikomori on Saturday October 08, 2022 @04:08AM (#33130651)

Only on equipment an ISP would use.

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Re:The Cheap 2.5GbE Poe Unmanaged Switch (2022) by systemvoltage on Saturday October 08, 2022 @01:14AM (#33129949)

I am responding to GP's skepticism of random Chinese networking equipment in your home and their skepticism is obvious; that's what I meant. Then I proceed to explaining my own reasons at home. Now whether you agree with GP or my statements is entirely orthogonal and up for debate. There were a number of responses asking "Why?" so I took a stab at the obvious.

Sure for most people, it is a pain to dig into these things. I can negligible sometimes too. And it can be just a woo woo conspiracy in my brain, possible.

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