TP-link is reportedly being investigated over national security concerns linked to vulnerabilities in its very popular routers.

  • frankgrimeszz@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I’m not sure, but with routers, I think OpenWRT installs/flashes at the firmware level. There could be hardware level vulnerabilities I suppose.

    In the case of Lenovo laptops used in Iraq (2004), China had additional hardware chips snooping and sending data back via Ethernet cable.