FCC Bans New Foreign-Made Robot Vacuums, Threatening Future Matter and HomeKit Models

[Genelec8341]

The FCC this week banned all new "foreign-produced advanced robotic devices"...

...Along with robot vacuums, the FCC has banned new humanoid and quadruped robots, plus foreign-made power inverters.

Who produces power inverters that are manufactured in the USA? This reads like a flat out ban on power inverters.

 

[michaelsaxon]

Blunt force tools like this are clearly anti-competitive in nature rather than real efforts to root out security concerns, which can be real.

 

[Genelec8341]

One is an adversary, and the other is an ally. What kind of false equivalency is this? If there were evidence that Israel was generating consumer devices to spy on Americans, they should ban those as well, but should the U.S. not be concerned if technology is being sold into the country or could be that would allow a foreign adversary like China to spy on its citizens?

An ally that kicks your dog, eats your lunch and sh*ts all over your restroom.

 

[noraa]

G0d willing the elections will go well this Nov. and Congress will be able to undo some of the terrible policies Trump has inflicted upon the US. Obviously we gotta wait until the 2028 election to really fix things, but at least Congress can get the ball rolling if all goes wells in Nov.

 

[goobot]

Another instance of the US being scared of China, but not being scared to fund Israel

Imagine comparing a country that is economically and militarily challenging the US for the #1 spot to one that couldn’t hope to do so and thinking it is a good comparison.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

This sucks...

 

[Macalway]

Vacum cleaners.

Shouldn't they come up with some kind of evidence? You know, like actually look at one, instead of whatever they are doing.

Maybe there is evidence of this, and I would like to see it, cuz I'm curious.

 

[LordArchie]

Was about to order a pool cleaner.. may need to pivot from the LINCINCO (China) to the Dolphin (Maytronics) allegedly Made in the US...

Bummer.. while the Dolphin is good, the LINCINCO is considered the "best"

 

[centauratlas]

Remember when Amazon was prohibited from buying iRobot?

 

[Alpha Centauri]

All governments spy on each other. Even close allies.

 

[mwhite]

It's literally in the article

getting approval requires a commitment to invest in U.S. manufacturing, but no investigation into security practices despite multiple mentions of national security concerns

And where is all that evidence against China? Unlike Israel, the home of all the Pegasuses of the planet and Mossad

Are you kidding?

 

[mwhite]

G0d willing the elections will go well this Nov. and Congress will be able to undo some of the terrible policies Trump has inflicted upon the US. Obviously we gotta wait until the 2028 election to really fix things, but at least Congress can get the ball rolling if all goes wells in Nov.

Democrats would not reverse this.

 

[contacos]

Are you kidding?

No? About what. It's a quote from this very article

 

[dominiongamma]

So much for less government and free market.

 

[jimmy_john]

When you think they couldn't reach new levels of stupidity, they prove you wrong.

Here is a simple fix, pass laws like the EU did that prevent data collection and requires explicit consent to use data and right to be forgotten laws that requires corporation delete all data they have on an individual if they choose to.

That will never happen unless you get Dem supermajority control of all 3 branches

 

[Quicksilver867]

"Honey our vacuum leaked state secrets again"

 

[mwhite]

Imagine comparing a country that is economically and militarily challenging the US for the #1 spot to one that couldn’t hope to do so and thinking it is a good comparison.

The sad thing is, the United States and the rest of the west, in the 1990s, made China the monster it is today. Greed filled American companies fired American workers and decimated American manufacturing (what was left) to "out source" everything to China. After all, it's so much cheaper and we'll make bigger profits! Yee-haw! Then the rest of the West followed the American example, and China got rich, when previously, they had been a backwards country economically.

"The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them."

And that's exactly what the West, led by the United States did, just so corporations and a small percentage of people could make more profit. Dumb. So bleeping dumb.

 

[Billy_Bob]

Was just saying yesterday how our Roborock was one of our best purchases. If I'm giving China intel on the layout of my home, it's worth it.

It's much easier for the Chinese just to look up your accessible-online property tax records, which in many cities includes a basic map of your home. Although I suppose your Roborock could tell the Chinese whether your home collects more dirt than your neighbor's. 😛

 

[mwhite]

No? About what. It's a quote from this very article

"Where is all that evidence against China?" I bet you say the same thing about Russia.

 

[contacos]

"Where is all that evidence against China?" I bet you say the same thing about Russia.

I'd like some sources that show that electronic consumer devices sold outside but made in China include any sort of spyware

 

[LordArchie]

So to be clear...

A robot assembled in Ohio could still:

• run insecure firmware,
• send maps to overseas servers,
• have poor authentication, or
• contain exploitable vulnerabilities.

But they get a pass because 'Merica?

 

[eclipse01]

What does this even mean? So you can no longer buy Roborock products on Amazon eventually?

 

[WWP99]

Yet Trump allows the US sell advanced AI chips to the UAE (who sends them to China) because the UAE bought his crypto coin. Hmmm.

 

[Taq'aix]

Another instance of the US being scared of China, but not being scared to fund Israel

The irrational “China is bad!” mindset is alive and well.

 

[ryanmp]

I've been saying it for years, the CCP knowing my shopping lists, my shoe brands, and where my dog sleeps is a a massive national security issue. I can only imagine all of the important scenarios the FCC had to discuss.

But honestly, I'm just relieved for my assigned Chinese spy. Imagine logging in for your shift in China hoping for the grand prize and instead you're forced to watch a my robovac get aggressively stuck on my bath mat for an hour before running out of battery.