Yes, people have thought this through. I think Army Lt. Col. Clifton H. Poole is paid to be paranoid and is an ignorant fool. He needs a new job and a good introduction to the world of free software. Only a moron would think that a ubiquitous free network is a bad thing. Sure, I can launch the next Code Red from a wireless hotspot. I can do the same from a library terminal, an unattended computer in any office building, or even a brand new AOL account from a public phone booth. If I'm really dedicated, I learn how to splice into the cable networks and launch from there, but why bother when there are so many other places to go? Do we want to kill cable networked, public phones, terminals in libraries and office networks because someone could misuse them or do we just want to make the targets harder to disturb? Lt. Poole would have much less to worry about if personal computers, voting booths and machines that run plants were not running poor quality commercial code to begin with.
You can't blame a tool for it's missuse. Lots of people abuse the telephone and mail systems too?. From people who hang up the phone laughing because Mr Orange is the wrong fruit to bomb scares to actual terrorists who use cell phones to trigger real bombs and the unibomber, these systems see lots of bad use. John Wayne Bobbit is not out trying to ban kitchen knives, but he has every reason to not like them. On 2003.07.27 10:50 Will Lowe wrote: > > There has been a lot of talk on the board about WiFi/Wireless Technology > being implemented in public use shares but have any of you really thought out > issue? > > Here is a Washington Post article about the security issues of it that worry > me. > > What do you think? > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A51284-2003Jul26?language=printer > > Will Lowe >
