] Re: Google asks FCC to appoint it a "white space" database admin

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Bob Frankston <Bob19-0501 () bobf frankston com>
> Date: January 6, 2010 6:05:59 PM EST
> To: 'Lauren Weinstein' <lauren () vortex com>, nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Re: Google asks FCC to appoint it a "white	 
> space"	database admin

> I've got to take exception as I wrote in http://rmf.vc/?n=WhiteSpacePolicy 
> .
>
> Trying to administer a database of whitespace is government at its  
> worst. It
> tries to manage the police state we already have to wireless.
>
> Far better is to just create a path through the current access  
> points (AKA
> wired<=>wireless routers) and moot the whole thing. This the  
> pragmatic face
> of Ambient Connectivity.
>
>     [ Bob, what possible incentive would ordinary folks have to open
>       up their wireless (or wired) access points to all comers, given
>       the obvious potential for abuse and legal sanctions that can be
>       brought down on access point owners when that abuse occurs?
>       Years have been spent teaching people to turn on at least basic
>       Wi-Fi crypto and establish that as a default condition.  What's
>       in it for Joe Blow Internet user that will convince him to
>       share his Internet access with anyone who drives by, given the
>       risk of RIAA/MPAA or c-porn investigators banging on his door
>       when drive-by abuse occurs?
>
>       It's one thing to run public Wi-Fi when you're an established
>       firm or municipality with an on-staff legal team.  But for
>       individuals who are easy targets of overzealous prosecutions?
>
>         -- Lauren Weinstein
>            NNSquad Moderator ]
>
>
> - - -
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nnsquad-bounces+nnsquad=bobf.frankston.com () nnsquad org
> [mailto:nnsquad-bounces+nnsquad=bobf.frankston.com () nnsquad org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Lauren Weinstein
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 17:44
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] Google asks FCC to appoint it a "white space"  
> database
> admin
>
>
> Google asks FCC to appoint it a "white space" database admin
>
> http://bit.ly/5vzwtS  (Urgent Communications)
>
> I've been and continue to be a big supporter of the "white space"
> concept.  I'll also admit that the devil will be in the details, and
> there are various ways that white space usage could go right -- or
> wrong.  One particularly disconcerting meme I've heard floating around
> has been the idea that hacked firmware for white space devices will
> quickly emerge that "steamrolls over" the official rules and illicitly
> blows past those devices that are "playing by the rules."  If this  
> kind
> of scenario comes to pass and is common, white space could descend
> into useless chaos.
>
> That would be a serious loss worth trying to prevent.
>
> --Lauren--
> NNSquad Moderator



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