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The US Bans New Foreign Made Routers?! | This Week in Privacy #46 (Mar 27, 2026)
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The US's Federal Communications Commission has banned all foreign made routers stating their are not secure for use. Walmart digital price labels are coming to every store shelf in the US, Systemd has integrated age verification systems, and more. Join us for This Week In Privacy #46!
0:00 Intro
0:37 Start of podcast
1:13 The US government just banned consumer routers made outside the US
23:31 Systemd's New Feature Brings Age Verification Option to Linux
38:11 Site updates
43:44 HK police can now demand phone passwords under new national security rules
49:56 Jury finds Meta and Google negligent in social media harms trial
1:11:23 Forum updates
1:29:56 Q&A
2:01:40 Outro