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Re: German court orders wireless passwords for all
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 10:12:09 -0400
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From: Subhi S Hashwa <lists () subhi com> Date: May 13, 2010 5:49:20 AM EDT To: dave () farber net, ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: Re: [IP] Re: German court orders wireless passwords for all
Dear Dave, For IP if you like.I don't believe this is a fair assessment of what the court ordered. The article explicitly says private rather than public, so my understanding is that public access wifi hotspots are exempt from such requirement.Subhi On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 1:14 AM, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: "Bob Frankston" <bob2-39 () bobf frankston com> Date: May 12, 2010 12:54:56 PM EDT To: <dave () farber net>, "'ip'" <ip () v2 listbox com> Cc: <nnsquad () nnsquad org> Subject: RE: [IP] German court orders wireless passwords for allSeparate from my note about the economic damage done by requiring that all access be closed – having the courts legislate a particular technology does further damage by making imposing a horrible user i nterface that requires setting a password in each and every device a nd requiring these passwords be changed for each venue and each path . You can’t just walk into your friend’s house or a library or a restaurant and just be connected. You have to negotiate each place a gain and again.Alas, once again we see the future viewed as a threat not an opportunity.Archives -- Subhi S Hashwa When everything is heading your way, you're in the wrong lane.
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