US foreign router ban criticized for being ‘industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity’

The article argues that the FCC's ban on foreign-made consumer routers is misguided and likely to worsen U.S. home-network security by reducing incentives to upgrade to modern devices; it claims the policy focuses on device origin rather than the real risks (unpatched vulnerabilities, default credentials, exposed ports) and notes that the ban could prolong use of insecure legacy equipment even as threat actors like the Typhoon groups exploit such devices.