Let's start with USA PATRIOT, which requires that ISPs know who is connecting to them and be able to produce that information if a court orders that they do so. Information as to who had what IP address and when being stored by ISPs and turned over to law enforcement officers as ordered by the court predates even widespread dialup internet access.
Neither the Patriot Act, nor the ECPA _compel_ ISP's to keep such records. In fact, the ECPA limits data that must be produced( and preserved) to information in the "possession" of the ISP at the time the subpeona is produced.
It's unclear (law-wise) if the PATRIOT act can be construed to require an ISP to reconfigure the network to make collection of additional data possible. That's a question for the lawyers.
And if you do something illegal in the library, expect a couple of DPS officers to show up with a network operations guy in tow.
The odds of that happening are slim to none. I could easily log onto a shared computer (not even bothering to use my laptop) and download kiddie porn, send spam, or commit large-scale copyright infringement with no one noticing.
Open wireless is no different than open computer labs.
But you are asking for it to be free.
If you'll notice the context, we were talking about restrictions on usage, specifically blocked ports.
How much of
In 2003 - 70 million, or roughly 17% comes from the state. Since grants and gifts are lumped together, it's hard to say about Federal money.your taxes do you think go to cover my internet access? Do you know how much of the University's budget comes from state monies? Government monies in general? It's a pretty low percentage, really.
How much of that goes specifically towards computing, I haven't a clue. I don't have a copy of the Computing Center budget handy.
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 red herring. Like I said above, I can easily do that with many of the unsecured ethernet ports on campus. Wireless is no different(except that I could maybe conduct my mythical credit card fraud while driving through at 40mph).
However, as part of the registration process above(Proof of Oregon residency etc.), I would be issued an email address to log-on to the wireless network.
That's as much information as they have on J. Random Student conducting illegal activities.
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