Bill McGonigle <b...@bfccomputing.com> writes: > > On 07/13/2009 12:40 PM, Michael ODonnell wrote: > > I confess that I'm happy to use "free" wireless on occasion but I worry > > that if I make my own AP similarly available then somebody is going to > > use it to post kiddy-porn or make threats and it'll be traced to my IP > > address and people with guns will then make me spend a lot of time & > > money trying to convince them that I didn't do it. > > There's also the inverse - if your WiFi isn't uncrackable (given?) and > the same happens, what is your likely defense? Running open might offer > some protection against that scenario. Granted, not technical problems. > > Your concern is real though, a guy in Germany running a Tor exit node > was raided/beaten and held in jail for that kind of traffic.
And the thing that is often forgotten is that the raid, seizure, and even jail happen *before* court-trial--before the issue of `defense' even enters into it. Ending up `not guilty' does not undo whatever damage is done by the investigative process. So, the question isn't so much `do you have a good defense' as `can you minimise your risk of becoming a suspect in the first place'. Though, if this sort of fear (`there's no legally-safe way to run WiFi') is really warranted in NH, then maybe we should raise an issue with our government; NH being home to the Free State Project, and having several Free Staters in the NH House of Representatives, it may actually be worthwhile to talk to them. -- Don't be afraid to ask (Lf.((Lx.xx) (Lr.f(rr)))). _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
