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LABScon25 Replay | Please Connect to the Foreign Entity to Enhance Your User Experience

Date Published: 2026-05-06

Date Updated: 2026-07-27

Author: LABScon

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This LABScon presentation by Joe FitzPatrick examines risks from foreign-manufactured networked devices—noting undocumented cellular radios found in U.S. highway solar inverters, the ease of adding connectivity via exposed serial ports, and how banned hardware can re-enter supply chains via relabeling and modular components. FitzPatrick argues trade bans are the wrong tool and recommends right-to-repair with offline guarantees, hardware and firmware bills of materials, and comprehensive privacy laws to mitigate these consumer-safety and infrastructure risks.

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