It's a bit of a racist trope to see the Chinese as more sophisticated in the way they handle international relations, especially compared to what's currently going on in the US. The Chinese are totally capable of being boorish and loud and offensive. They even had a name for this trend: "Wolf Warrior Diplomacy." You might think that's something Pete Hegseth invented.
Salt Typhoon is a serious ongoing attack on lawful intercept systems in telecom networks. There's nothing any individual can do to protect themselves from this, and it's probably deployed everywhere that US style lawful intercept specifications are implemented in telecom networks.
Of course the irony is that domestic surveillance is the attack surface for this exploit.
I would like to be able to weigh the risk of a TP link router being a national security threat against something like Salt Typhoon. But there's a lack of transparency that makes that impossible.
Salt Typhoon is a serious ongoing attack on lawful intercept systems in telecom networks. There's nothing any individual can do to protect themselves from this, and it's probably deployed everywhere that US style lawful intercept specifications are implemented in telecom networks.
Of course the irony is that domestic surveillance is the attack surface for this exploit.
I would like to be able to weigh the risk of a TP link router being a national security threat against something like Salt Typhoon. But there's a lack of transparency that makes that impossible.