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The US Is Considering a TP-Link Router Ban—Should You Worry?

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    I don't think goals are inherently good... Hitler had goals...

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    Sickusername btw. Ever seen them live? One of the best shows I saw in the few surrounding years (of the year I saw them)

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      Three separate government departments are investigating TP-Link, so someone either tipped the Fed off and you (and the public) know nothing, or this is simply a witch hunt.

      Since I know for a fact I can't trust anyone commenting anywhere on the internet as a credible source, I'm hoping those departments who once were independent of the Executive control and free of Trump corruption and are now filled with human excrement yes-men MAGA regarded morons, i will hold my anger until we know more.

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      The US government has something of a credibility crisis, doesn't it? (And I don't think it started with Trump, though he makes it worse.)

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        I don't understand why they're considering a ban. People should be changing the default password on their router. If they aren't and they leak information that isn't theirs, tough shit, fine them. If they leak their own information, let them deal with the consequences.

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        There are so many people who just don't get tech though. I was just at my buddy's patents house, probably early 60s, and they have a random default SSID and password. It's like 15 digits long. Secure as can be. If they really bothered to type that in on all their devices, I'm thinking they were probably incapable of changing it through the software.

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          I don't think goals are inherently good... Hitler had goals...

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          I believe you’re referencing Hitler to the incorrect country. China’s moving towards socialism, very slowly. The US is going straight fash at the speed of light.

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            There are so many people who just don't get tech though. I was just at my buddy's patents house, probably early 60s, and they have a random default SSID and password. It's like 15 digits long. Secure as can be. If they really bothered to type that in on all their devices, I'm thinking they were probably incapable of changing it through the software.

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            Or they just didn't know how. Which is a distinct possibility. Some devices these days even let you share the Wi-Fi password through QR code or similar. So you don't have to enter it until every device.

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              So what you're saying is, the complaint about China spying on people boils down to piracy?

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              It's the thing American IP companies care about the most.

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                I love my Toilet Paper-Link router. It's the only one I've ever owned that didn't start randomly losing the internet connection after two years. I don't know why every router starts acting up like that; I've had issues with literally every brand except this one.

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                  I believe you’re referencing Hitler to the incorrect country. China’s moving towards socialism, very slowly. The US is going straight fash at the speed of light.

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                  I think is more a generalization about the praise of "goals" rather than associating him with anyone in particular.

                  Ultimately all the major powers are being graded on a curve and are generally only "good" when compared to some more evil major player. The US may be slipping to be worse than China, but China would still be worse than a number of European nations.

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                    I think is more a generalization about the praise of "goals" rather than associating him with anyone in particular.

                    Ultimately all the major powers are being graded on a curve and are generally only "good" when compared to some more evil major player. The US may be slipping to be worse than China, but China would still be worse than a number of European nations.

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                    I understand, I wasn’t very specific about the goals.
                    The China-bad non-sense just gets out of hand. The US is investing billions to ensure we all think China is some sort of boogie man. Just normal capitalism stuff.

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                      I've had tplink forever and recently got a netgear to put openwrt on it. It's pretty cool

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                        Sickusername btw. Ever seen them live? One of the best shows I saw in the few surrounding years (of the year I saw them)

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                        No I haven't, in fact I think I only know one song by them... good song though (Jobseeker). I should probably check out more of their stuff.

                        I just chose this username because I was trying to think of something randomly and it popped into my head.

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                          I believe you’re referencing Hitler to the incorrect country. China’s moving towards socialism, very slowly. The US is going straight fash at the speed of light.

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                          I wasn't meaning to criticise any particular country, I just meant that goals aren't inherently a good thing.

                          Regarding China and the US, I think both countries have a lot to offer, and there will be decent people from each country, but I don't think I'm a fan of the current government of either country.

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                            No I haven't, in fact I think I only know one song by them... good song though (Jobseeker). I should probably check out more of their stuff.

                            I just chose this username because I was trying to think of something randomly and it popped into my head.

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                            Nah that’s amazing. But yes, definitely check out more of their stuff if you like jobseeker. Another in a similar vein is Till Dipper. Not just because of the similar sounding names. But you really can’t go wrong. Their newer album is a little more accessible I think. UK Grim the song gets stuck in my head constantly.

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                              Nah that’s amazing. But yes, definitely check out more of their stuff if you like jobseeker. Another in a similar vein is Till Dipper. Not just because of the similar sounding names. But you really can’t go wrong. Their newer album is a little more accessible I think. UK Grim the song gets stuck in my head constantly.

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                              I guess it's not the kind of thing I normally listen to, but I came across Jobseeker on YouTube and thought it was good. That feeling of authority figures being patronising and belittling and you just want them to piss off.

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                                I guess it's not the kind of thing I normally listen to, but I came across Jobseeker on YouTube and thought it was good. That feeling of authority figures being patronising and belittling and you just want them to piss off.

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                                Well I will say, their brand is definitely working class disillusionment, mixed with humor and some anger

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                                  Well I will say, their brand is definitely working class disillusionment, mixed with humor and some anger

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                                  I listened to more of their stuff on YouTube, it's pretty cool, I can respect the guy's anger and pissed off attitude.

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