Ah yes, the anonymous access issue. On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 05:39:33 -0700, T. Joseph CARTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 03:46:49AM -0700, Alan wrote: > > And which Federal regulations govern who can connect to a state-owned > > and operated network? ISP's are subject to 'know your customer' requirements similar to those imposed on banks. not just the PATRIOT act but also CALEA.
> > > Besides which, considering that I can take my laptop over to the library > > and plug into a random ethernet port with no trouble whatsoever, I don't > > think keeping people off the wireless is that much of a solution. Ah, you aren't thinking like a true totalitarian, a truly fucked up situation is to provide an open access point and then hassle people who connect to it, under the theory of theft of service. http://joi.ito.com/archives/2004/08/23/reverend_akma_almost_arrested_for_stealing_public_wifi.html http://akma.disseminary.org/archives/001518.html > But you are asking for it to be free. <snip> > > If I can do it to take a library book, I should be able to do it for > > wireless. > > The library is subsidized. Wireless access isn't. Besides, last I heard, > you couldn't commit credit card fraud by reading a library book (unless > the library has started to carry books far more controversial than I'd > ever imagined, of course.) A more useful analogy might be the public roads, since they are paid for with public monies but to use them a citizen has to provide her own equipment and must meet some fairly minimal rules for licensing financial responsibility and road worthiness. _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
