My blog entry about Swisscom backdooring their routers has been extremely popular
If it goes on in Switzerland then it can be happening anywhere On 16/01/14 14:55, Max Mehl wrote: > Hi there, > > maybe you followed the Compulsory Routers topic in Germany during the last > months [1] and even read my blog entry about the entanglements between > Compulsory Routers and the latest NSA leaks [2]. > > tl;dr: > Compulsory Routers are routers provided by Internet Service Providers > which > cannot be replaced because of technical or legal barriers. This causes > on the > one hand many problems with competition, technical innovation, and > compatibility, but on the other hand also great security risks for > everyone of > us: If we and many others are forced to use one router model, ISPs create > monocultures which can be attacked more easily by miscreants and > special tools > by intelligence agencies. > > I know the situation in Germany pretty well because I worked on this > issue. > But gaining some knowledge of the ISPs' regulations in other countries is > harder than I thought in the first place. > > Could you please give me some insights if there are ISPs in your > country with > Compulsory Router policies? Or maybe you want to share your thoughts about > this topic at all and the implications for Free Software users. > > I'm looking forward to reading your replies! > > Best, > Max > > > [1] https://blogs.fsfe.org/mk/status-of-compulsory-routers-in-germany/ > [2] > http://blog.max-mehl.com/2014/why-free-choice-of-routers-is-an-unnegotiable-must/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
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