] CEI's C:SPIN - Liability Limits Online

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 18:03:30 -0400
> From: "Prof. Jonathan Ezor" <jezor () tourolaw edu>
> Subject: RE: [IP] CEI's C:SPIN - Liability Limits Online
> To: dave () farber net
>
>
> Interesting article.  There's one group of people, though, who act like ISPs
> but often have none of the structure for dealing with problems that most ISPs
> have had to develop: those who operate open Wi-Fi hotspots, either
> intentionally or by accident because they haven't enabled security in their
> wireless routers.  I wonder how long it will be before Fred Jones of 123
> Maple St., Topeka gets a knock on the door from the FBI because some
> enterprising young malicious hacker was driving by Fred's house and saw the
> telltale message that said "Linksys--no encryption" from the wardriving
> software running on the laptop on his passenger seat.  Fred certainly will
> not have registered an agent for service of process under the Digital
> Millenium Copyright Act, and certainly won't have insurance covering the
> risks of unauthorized Wi-Fi usage either.
>
> I don't envy the Freds of the world.  {Jonathan}
>
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