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Re:Drilling Down on Uncle Sam's Proposed TP-Link Ban by bayindirh on Monday November 10, 2025 @05:00AM (#45874363)
> I think it’s safe to say that by “We” we can assume it would be your country and its allies.

I live in a country which has been spied on for years by its closest "ally". See Crypto AG scandal for more details. So in my case there's no "we".

Yeah, the most realistic trade-off might be installing OpenWRT and some tripwires to see whether anyone is trying to do something nefarious remotely.

In spying, there's no "we".

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Re:Drilling Down on Uncle Sam's Proposed TP-Link Ban by graemep on Monday November 10, 2025 @07:14AM (#45875197)
> In spying, there's no "we".

Sometimes your own government is the most likely to spy on you.

> Yeah, the most realistic trade-off might be installing OpenWRT and some tripwires to see whether anyone is trying to do something nefarious remotely.

I agree with that, but its beyond the reach of most people.

I think zero trust or low trust within your LAN is also a good idea. So is firewalling ISP supplied routers.

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Re:Drilling Down on Uncle Sam's Proposed TP-Link Ban by falleng0d on Monday November 10, 2025 @05:31AM (#45874538)
Thats also fair. I agree.
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