I see this as another reason to install a 'chip' that can verify the 'authenticity' of the hardware used.
To protect against the counterfeit threat, will they need to monitor all hardware everywhere? (It might already be going on, but this way they can go
public with it, as society will demand to be secure).
Questions:
- Why does the bogus hardware show up in Canada and U.S. only?
- Why don't we see other countries being duped by fake hardware? If money is the goal, then logically the people responsible would sell that fake
hardware all over the world. Also, since Cisco is the 'king' of the internet, there's better potential of getting money from all countries, instead
of only a select few.
- If the fake hardware is known to be manufactured in China, what is preventing the authorities to put a stop to it? Nothing.
$78 million in 'sales' is a lot of money to lose in the name of cracking down on the fakers.
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