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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by MarcoPerazaFCC on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @03:17PM (#37396434)
This is being proposed as a completely voluntary program. No need to participate in it if you don't want an FCC cybersecurity label on your product.
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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by b20000 on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @05:22PM (#37397943)
right, so then people will not buy your product because you don’t have the label and you cannot afford to pay 10K-20K to some testing lab while vc backed startups or big tech can… so it takes away any chance for you as a small guy to compete in the market. no thanks.
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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by mkoubaa on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @07:52PM (#37399474)
I don't see why a small shop can't do this. The testing should be supported by the government. You don't need to be a food scientist to get FDA approval to sell a cookie.
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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by b20000 on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @07:44PM (#37412926)
in consumer electronics people pay over 10k to get a simple device tested for EMC before slapping on CE and FCC.
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Re:Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of I... by b20000 on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @07:45PM (#37412935)
btw, there is already a label. it’s called “open source”
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