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Please Do Not Reply To This Email. Public Comments on Equipment Authorization and Electronic Labeling for Wireless Devices:======== Title: Equipment Authorization and Electronic Labeling for Wireless Devices FR Document Number: 2015-18402 RIN: Publish Date: 8/6/2015 12:00:00 AM Submitter Info: First Name: Yunseok Last Name: Choi Mailing Address: 1760 Broadway St Apt 328 City: Ann Arbor Country: United States State or Province: MI ZIP/Postal Code: 48105 Email Address: Organization Name: Comment: Implementing rules that take away the ability of users to install the software of their choosing on their computing devices reduces innovation and security. Wifi drivers often have serious bugs that pose a security threat. By being able to modify the firmware, users are able to defend their network and data from malicious hackers and criminals. Americans should have the right to maintain their security. In addition, allowing modification allows researchers and other inventors to create new innovation that would make computing and wireless data transfer more secure, which would reduce the costs of damages that security issues cause. Not fixing security holes either feeds cyberthreats or increases electronic waste. Meanwhile,there is no evidence that open-source firmware has caused any more wireless interference than closed-source firmware. Please do not implement restrictions that hinder progress and security. Implementing rules that take away the ability of users to install the software of their choosing on their computing devices reduces innovation and security. Wifi drivers often have serious bugs that pose a security threat. By being able to modify the firmware, users are able to defend their network and data from malicious hackers and criminals. Americans should have the right to maintain their security. In addition, allowing modification allows researchers and other inventors to create new innovation that would make computing and wireless data transfer more secure, which would reduce the costs of damages that security issues cause. Not fixing security holes either feeds cyberthreats or increases electronic waste. Meanwhile,there is no evidence that open-source firmware has caused any more wireless interference than closed-source firmware. Please do not implement restrictions that hinder progress and security. Please Do Not Reply To This Email. Public Comments on Equipment Authorization and Electronic Labeling for Wireless Devices:======== Title: Equipment Authorization and Electronic Labeling for Wireless Devices FR Document Number: 2015-18402 RIN: Publish Date: 8/6/2015 12:00:00 AM Submitter Info: First Name: Yunseok Last Name: Choi Mailing Address: 1760 Broadway St Apt 328 City: Ann Arbor Country: United States State or Province: MI ZIP/Postal Code: 48105 Email Address: Organization Name: Comment: Implementing rules that take away the ability of users to install the software of their choosing on their computing devices reduces innovation and security. Wifi drivers often have serious bugs that pose a security threat. By being able to modify the firmware, users are able to defend their network and data from malicious hackers and criminals. Americans should have the right to maintain their security. In addition, allowing modification allows researchers and other inventors to create new innovation that would make computing and wireless data transfer more secure, which would reduce the costs of damages that security issues cause. Not fixing security holes either feeds cyberthreats or increases electronic waste. Meanwhile,there is no evidence that open-source firmware has caused any more wireless interference than closed-source firmware. Please do not implement restrictions that hinder progress and security. Implementing rules that take away the ability of users to install the software of their choosing on their computing devices reduces innovation and security. Wifi drivers often have serious bugs that pose a security threat. By being able to modify the firmware, users are able to defend their network and data from malicious hackers and criminals. Americans should have the right to maintain their security. In addition, allowing modification allows researchers and other inventors to create new innovation that would make computing and wireless data transfer more secure, which would reduce the costs of damages that security issues cause. Not fixing security holes either feeds cyberthreats or increases electronic waste. Meanwhile,there is no evidence that open-source firmware has caused any more wireless interference than closed-source firmware. Please do not implement restrictions that hinder progress and security. Please Do Not Reply To This Email. Public Comments on Equipment Authorization and Electronic Labeling for Wireless Devices:======== Title: Equipment Authorization and Electronic Labeling for Wireless Devices FR Document Number: 2015-18402 RIN: Publish Date: 8/6/2015 12:00:00 AM Submitter Info: First Name: Joseph Last Name: Stephenson Mailing Address: 10450 East Bankhead Hwy. City: Aledo Country: United States State or Province: TX ZIP/Postal Code: 76008 Email Address: [email protected] Organization Name: Comment: This is a terrible proposal. This legislation would stifle innovation in terrible but very real ways. The economic impact would be dire, the security implications would be extreme, and emergency preparedness would be greatly hindered by the proposed restrictions on router firmware. I am vehemently opposed to this proposal. This is a terrible proposal. This legislation would stifle innovation in terrible but very real ways. The economic impact would be dire, the security implications would be extreme, and emergency preparedness would be greatly hindered by the proposed restrictions on router firmware. I am vehemently opposed to this proposal. Please Do Not Reply To This Email. Public Comments on Equipment Authorization and Electronic Labeling for Wireless Devices:======== Title: Equipment Authorization and Electronic Labeling for Wireless Devices FR Document Number: 2015-18402 RIN: Publish Date: 8/6/2015 12:00:00 AM Submitter Info: First Name: david Last Name: serck Mailing Address: avenue charles-quint City: wavre Country: Belgium State or Province: Belgique ZIP/Postal Code: 1300 Email Address: [email protected] Organization Name: Comment: Please do not implement rules that take away the ability of users to install the software of their choosing on their computing devices. Wireless networking research depends on the ability of researchers to investigate and modify their devices. We need the ability to fix security holes in their devices when the manufacturer chooses to not do so. Users have in the past fixed serious bugs in their wifi drivers, which would be banned under the NPRM. Not fixing security holes either feeds cyberthreats or increases electronic waste. Billions of dollars of commerce, such as secure wifi vendors, retail hotspot vendors, depends on the ability of users and companies to install the software of their choosing. There is no evidence that open-source firmware has caused any more wireless interference than closed-source firmware. Please do not implement rules that take away the ability of users to install the software of their choosing on their computing devices. Wireless networking research depends on the ability of researchers to investigate and modify their devices. We need the ability to fix security holes in their devices when the manufacturer chooses to not do so. Users have in the past fixed serious bugs in their wifi drivers, which would be banned under the NPRM. Not fixing security holes either feeds cyberthreats or increases electronic waste. Billions of dollars of commerce, such as secure wifi vendors, retail hotspot vendors, depends on the ability of users and companies to install the software of their choosing. There is no evidence that open-source firmware has caused any more wireless interference than closed-source firmware. Please Do Not Reply To This Email. Public Comments on Equipment Authorization and Electronic Labeling for Wireless Devices:======== Title: Equipment Authorization and Electronic Labeling for Wireless Devices FR Document Number: 2015-18402 RIN: Publish Date: 8/6/2015 12:00:00 AM Submitter Info: First Name: Michael Last Name: Ossmann Mailing Address: 27902 Meadow Dr. Suite 150 City: Evergreen Country: United States State or Province: CO ZIP/Postal Code: 80439 Email Address: [email protected] Organization Name: Great Scott Gadgets Comment: Thank you for inviting comments on the proposed rules for Equipment Authorization and Electronic Labeling for Wireless Devices. I am the owner of Great Scott Gadgets, a US company that makes open source test equipment primarily for the information security industry. As a designer and manufacturer of communications equipment, I commend the Commission for seeking to clarify and streamline the rules for equipment authorization. I believe that, on the whole, the updated rules will benefit the electronics industry. However, I am concerned that the rules regarding software control of radio parameters place an undue burden on device manufacturers and unnecessarily restrict the actions of end users. My concerns arise from rules already in place for Software Defined Radio (SDR) devices. I am encouraged to see that the Commission is eliminating certain special rules for SDR equipment and seeks to treat SDR and non-SDR devices in the same way. However, while the Commission notes that "the existing SDR rules have proven to be insufficiently

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