alt Hacker NewsAh, the newly popular "let's make the policy unusually broad and treat all foreign production as presumptively dangerous, regardless of country, manufacturer or security practices, this way we're more transparent about prioritizing a bribe rather than our stated concerns".
> Advanced robotic devices are inherently networked systems which creates broad attack surfaces and leaves them vulnerable to data exfiltration, remote disruption of the physical robot, and dependencies on unsecure over the air updates.
Good thing this isn't a concern in ones produced locally.
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ExoticPearTree • today at 12:10 PM
> Good thing this isn't a concern in ones produced locally.
Local ones when not in use are doing the Pledge of Allegiance on a loop.
I think this policy is another case of projection: "we" are doing this to other countries and we are afraid someone will do it back to us - which is both unfair and illegal.