The US government has banned all consumer routers from foreign countries, and things look dire
… Citing foreign supply-chain risks and backdoors; the move may hike prices as users panic-buy routers. …
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Are your current routers still safe to use?
The truth is that almost every major router vendor uses offshore router production, and nine times out of ten, these devices simply aren't built in the United States. Global supply chains have existed and been cemented for decades now, and moving production to the United States at the same scale within the course of a year is simply not possible for the major vendors. As such, while companies like TP-Link and Asus have stated that they're confident in their devices' security, they haven't particularly mentioned anything about onshore production. In the meantime, however, it does not mean that
The FCC's router ban could make these router brands a risky bet in the futureThe FCC's router ban could make these router brands a risky bet in the future
… The brand has already faced increasing scrutiny tied to security concerns and its global supply chain, which makes it one of the most likely names to be affected if regulations tighten further. …
VS Code is slowly becoming an operating system, and I’m not sure that’s a good thing
… Security research backs this up. Studies show that VS Code extensions aren’t sandboxed and can introduce real vulnerabilities, including code execution risks in widely used extensions. Many also depend on large dependency trees, which adds more supply chain exposure. …
The FCC says foreign routers are a security risk, but still allows firmware updates to the ones you already own
… Moving final assembly to American soil doesn't meaningfully change the security profile of a device whose hardware and software supply chains span the globe. …
I switched from Claude Code to Codex for a week, and the trade-offs surprised me
… By default, Codex executes tasks inside a network-disabled sandbox, which significantly reduces security risks when running autonomous code. This isolation means it cannot make unexpected outbound requests, a meaningful safety advantage for teams concerned about supply chain attacks or data leakage. …