The FCC has started to ban gadgets with 'foreign surveillance chips' inside — but grants Intel a waiver…
- Gadgets with foreign chips are now being banned by the FCC
- Two unnamed devices have been put on the official Covered List
- However, Intel has been granted an exemption for factory robots
There's new movement in both directions on the Covered List maintained by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US — the list of banned tech products that the agency has determined are a threat to national security, including DJI hardware.
New rules that came into effect this month allow the FCC to ban not just devices from specific companies, but also devices with components from specific companies inside them. As The Verge reports, those rules are now being put into practice.
Two unnamed gadgets have been added to the Covered List because they have a HiVision chip inside — HiVision being a subsidiary of Huawei, which is already on the list. These chips are typically used...
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