Re: But it's my router, I've bought it
We are in Clockwork Orange territory here.
Yes, he should be *able* to do whatever he likes with all these things.
Should any of what he *choses* to do be illegal then he should be liable for that. But the availability of choice, to do wrong or to do right or to do nothing, is freedom.
And in this case what is proposed by the FCC is just stupid and out of proportion to any likely harm.