The FCC's definition of "produced in a foreign country" doesn't just mean final assembly. It covers "any major stage of the process through which the device is made, including manufacturing, assembly, design, and development." So a router designed in California but assembled in Vietnam is covered. A router with a PCB fabricated in Taiwan for a US company is covered. The brand's country of origin doesn't matter. This creates an obvious problem: there are almost certainly zero consumer routers that would pass this test. The entire industry has been offshored for decades. Chips come from Taiwan a
The FCC says foreign routers are a security risk, but still allows firmware updates to the ones you already own…those pertaining to backup restoration, reloading HASS Core, updating services, writing files, and triggering scripts. On paper, letting my LLMs control my smart devices sounds neat, but I’d rather not deal…
Abid Ahsan Shanto May 4, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Abid covers consumer hardware, gaming, and platform updates with an emphasis on accuracy, clarity, and reader-first context. He holds a BSc…
…Sign in to your XDA account If you take a look at the modern handheld landscape with devices like the ROG Ally X, the Lenovo Legion Go, and the MSI Claw, the…
Abid Ahsan Shanto May 12, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT Abid covers consumer hardware, gaming, and platform updates with an emphasis on accuracy, clarity, and reader-first context. He holds a BSc…
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