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US may ban the most popular home router over Chinese security fears

The Chinese-made TP-Link router used by Amazon, hundreds of ISPs, and 65% of the US market, is facing an investigation that could see it banned by the government.

A TP-Link router

Unspecified sources say that the Commerce Department under President Biden has already subpoenaed TP-Link. Between the three Departments, it’s possible that TP-Link will be banned at some point in 2025 — which obviously puts it under the Trump administration.

If a ban takes place, it is remarkably similar to the Trump administration’s ban on Huawei technology in 2019. It’s also close to how in 2022 the Biden administration’s FCC declared Kaspersky anti-virus software to be a national security risk.

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