US foreign router ban criticized for being ‘industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity’
Public policy professor says it will make America less secure but hits Netgear’s lobbying goals
The United States’ ban on foreign-made SOHO routers won’t improve security, and only makes sense as “industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity,” according to Milton Mueller, Professor at the University of Georgia’s School of Public Policy and founder of its Internet Governance Project.…
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