My friend who works for http://www.rsip.com/ says they have they have an impact in the deal. RSIP inc. help with the production of the facilities need to produce materials for Belkin.
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Foxconn Acquires Popular Accessory Maker Belkin Along With Linksys and Wemo
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I was thinking the exact same thing. Fortunately no more Linksys for me - all CISCO and SonicWall which, as far I know, is secure.
Except that those kinds of things end up being used in "secure" locations and businesses... and in the homes of employees of those "secure" locations and businesses... where those employees of those "secure" locations and businesses take their laptops home or VPN in and connect to the internet through that WiFi router.
Just sayin'.
No. CE is CE. US blocked the Qualcomm deal because Qualcomm has patents for the actual underlying 5G technology. Routers are fungible.
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Would you really? If so then how are you even communicating on this forum because Foxconn manufactures for just about every major computer and cell phone company plus many other CE devices.
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Again, a good bit of those laptops you speak of are already made by Foxconn so if it's Foxconn you fear then it's way too late. They are already in our bedrooms and boardrooms. Also it's not like Linksys has a monopoly on routers. If you don't trust Foxconn pick another brand.
BTW last I checked, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon were all U.S. companies, so there is that.
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Just to name a couple: Canada, Japan.
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Until the communists decided to take over Taiwan and the US steps in to interfere.
Haven't dealt with Canadians, but if you say all Japanese companies are a grateful bunch, you haven't seen the full picture.
[QUOTE="Chupa Chupa, post: 25927360, member: 6108"}Again, a good bit of those laptops you speak of are already made by Foxconn so if it's Foxconn you fear then it's way too late. They are already in our bedrooms and boardrooms. Also it's not like Linksys has a monopoly on routers. If you don't trust Foxconn pick another brand.
BTW last I checked, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon were all U.S. companies, so there is that.[/QUOTE]
I wasn't meaning that to pick on Foxconn, I was just pointing out that consumer products do find their way into places that would generally be considered secure or carry data that would generally be considered secure.
BTW last I checked, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon were all U.S. companies, so there is that.[/QUOTE]
I wasn't meaning that to pick on Foxconn, I was just pointing out that consumer products do find their way into places that would generally be considered secure or carry data that would generally be considered secure.
This may all be true, but it doesn’t refute the idea that a foreign monopoly on access point technology wouldn’t be a national security concern. It just means that, as you suggested, it may be too late.
Sure, an all out war with China will go well. Tell me how we’re doing stopping them from terraforming in the South China Sea? Russia couldn’t even be stopped from annexing Crimea. Taiwan is as essential to China as the Koran is to Islam, and I wouldn’t particularly want to be Taiwanese as the Chinese progressively exert themselves.
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But you are adding hypothetical facts that don't apply here. Might as well talk about potential mutant unicorn attack on Dodo birds. What monopoly?
I'm not suggesting it's too late either. I'm suggesting if you are concerned you are too late because Foxconn's infiltration in U.S. CE goes way beyond routers. What I am saying is that the sale of a U.S. company that markets routers among other accessories does not represent a national security concern. If it was a concern then Huawei and other Chinese CE companies wouldn't be allowed to sell cellphones or computers or accessories in the U.S.
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But of course you meant to "pick" on Foxconn because there are focus here. They are the foreign company buying a U.S. company. That's the discussion point here. Of course CE products in general can have security risks. The question here is does the sale of a U.S. company that markets routers create a national security risk. The answer is no. Routers are not high tech and Linksys certainly isn't the only router company in America. If Linksys went off the rails plenty of other manufacturers for consumers to consider.
We’re talking apples and oranges here. They’ve been selling off brand CE for years. It’s Linksys’ IP that is really the issue.
Yeah, not the bulbs. WeMo gave up on them at the end of 2016 anyway. I have the Wemo Bridge. HomeKit only works with the latest plugs and light switches.
FYI:
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., trading as Foxconn Technology Group, is a multinational electronics contract manufacturing company headquartered in Tucheng, New Taipei, Taiwan. ... The company is the largest private employer in China and one of the largest employers worldwide. Its founder and chairman is Terry Gou.
If one listens to the Chinese Government, Taiwan is a special district of China. Everyone else says independent country.
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., trading as Foxconn Technology Group, is a multinational electronics contract manufacturing company headquartered in Tucheng, New Taipei, Taiwan. ... The company is the largest private employer in China and one of the largest employers worldwide. Its founder and chairman is Terry Gou.
If one listens to the Chinese Government, Taiwan is a special district of China. Everyone else says independent country.
Don't even get it that this post gets many upvotes, if you are an American you should look inwards, 100% sure the USA has much more information on you than China, and it has also been proven that the states built in malware into routers.
Oddly enough, it works both ways since both countries, as we know them in China and Taiwan, consider themselves the rightful government of “China” inclusive of both. It’s just China has bigger guns so we kinda pretend they are.
I bought the Wemo bridge and was disappointed. It doesn't enable the bulbs and the Maker. Only smart plugs and light switches. Considering the bulbs are supposed to work for 20+ yrs, *I* haven't "given up on them".
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Yeah, I can have all my data spied on by the Chinese government. They have a hand in all things in China... er... like owning a 51% share in all Chinese companies.