When an entire class of technology states on the packaging that it was made in China but intended "for overseas use only," this should really give you pause before plugging it into your network.
You will find this verbiage on a lot of Android TV streaming boxes for sale at the major retailers. There's a very good reason the country that makes this crap doesn't want it on their own networks. My advice: If you have one of these Android streaming boxes on your network or get one as a gift, toss it in the trash. I'll have a lot more about this in the New Year, but these things are responsible for building out a botnet that currently has ~2M devices and is growing rapidly. https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/kimwolf-botnet-en/
@briankrebs The Main reason for this are the differences in alotted frequency bands and the related limits. What's compliant in the US often is absolutely not in the EU or China or India and the other way around for that matter. Not everything is a conspiracy.
@cweickhmann @briankrebs
A good argument, but wouldn't it be then "to use in USA only"? China tends to use the same standards as the surrounding countries.
I admit that I've seen products with wide usage instructions (not for resale, for sale in EU only, opening the cover invalidates the warranty), but seldom do they a variation of "anything but this".