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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:29:53 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Lee Revell <rlrevell () joe-job com> Date: October 25, 2006 8:21:17 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: ip () v2 listbox com, lauren () vortex comSubject: Re: [IP] Dynamic IP address confusion results in wrong family raided
On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 19:41 -0400, David Farber wrote:
This isn't funny anymore, if it ever was. ISPs, search engines, and other sources of retained Internet user activity data are being treated as adjuncts of law enforcement, with the incredibly dangerous and faulty presumption that such data will always be accurate and reliable.
Even if the ISP data was correct, in an urban area it's very easy to end up on your neighbor's wireless network and not even know it. I was kind of shocked to discover that a Mac will connect to the first wireless network it sees. From my place that's any one of 10-15, some of them a block or two away (some of them have names that reveal their location). Probably 25% are unsecured. Lee ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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