RE: Our raid on Downing St.

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Forwarded from: joerg () fs is uni-sb de

Quoting InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>:

> Forwarded from: Rob Rosenberger <junkmail () barnowl com>
>
>   >>TOP-secret files can be downloaded from the Prime
>   >>Minister's computers in Downing Street...  Hackers
>   >>use a gadget, called a WiFi (Wireless Fidelity)
>   >>card, which enables them to tap into the...
>
> Once again, I call for a law to make the act of "warchalking"
> illegal here in the U.S.  Screw the First Amendment.  Possession of
> (1) any WiFi device and (2) a piece of chalk should carry a
> mandatory federal prison sentence of at least 20 months with no
> chance of parole.
>
> And I think we should also outlaw the sale of "weapons of war" at
> Best Buy and Circuit City.  Ordinary American citizens do NOT have
> an inalienable right to read top secret intelligence data.  Such
> privileges extend only to those who can pass a detailed FBI
> background investigation.

This was entertaining, funny, witty, a real good read with my morning
coffe.  Until I began to wonder wether the above quota was indeed
meant to be sarcastic. Please, someone drop me a line telling me that
it WAS indeed a joke? Possession of any WiFi device and chalk is a
crime? Why not take things a step further and outlaw the possession of
nmap, nessuss, airsnort? What about JtR?

I think we should outlaw the setup of insecure WiFi networks with a
mandatory federal prison sentence of at least 20 month with no chance
of parole and being force-fed "Building internet firewalls" once a
day.

Oh, and BTW:

"Cracknell estimated that this would take between one and two hours -
but it is illegal under the Telecommunications Act and possibly the
Official Secrets Act."

Seems to me that misusing WLan access is already pretty illegal in the UK.
Have a good day,

J



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