New FCC Rules Could Ban WiFi Router Firmware Modification
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/09/02/1513259/new-fcc-rules-could-ban-wifi-router-firmware-modification
Hackaday reports that the FCC is introducing new rules
which ban firmware modifications for the radio systems in WiFi
routers and other wireless devices operating in the 5 GHz range.
The vast majority of routers are manufactured as System on Chip
devices, with the radio module and CPU integrated in a single
package. The new rules have the potential to effectively ban the
installation of proven Open Source firmware on any WiFi router.
ThinkPenguin, the EFF, FSF, Software Freedom Law Center,
Software Freedom Conservancy, OpenWRT, LibreCMC, Qualcomm, and
others have created the SaveWiFi campaign, providing
instructions on how to submit a formal complaint to the FCC
regarding this proposed rule. The comment period is closing on
September 8, 2015. Leave a comment for the FCC.
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Such a rule is potentially disastrous from so many angles -- security,
privacy, bug fixing, new applications -- on and on. This one must be
stopped.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
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