I can't help but think about legislation requiring every car have a person walking in front of it to assure that horses won't get scared. The idea that one should use the DNS to control the net is bad enough. The idea that cell phones have only one purpose -- talking while driving -- is just as dumb. If we ban cell phones
*Passengers won't be able to communicate *Navigation systems won't get or provide updates *Medical monitors would fail *Emergency SMS systems won't be able to warn you about weather conditions. Well, fighting the last war is Congress' forte. Next topic TSA probing every cavity ... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lauren Weinstein Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 17:27 To: [email protected] Subject: [ NNSquad ] U.S. may require jamming of cell phone use inside vehicles U.S. may require jamming of cell phone use inside vehicles http://bit.ly/deUpGb (Daily Caller) Two items on this for Secretary LaHood: 1) A dangerous and stupid idea for both technical and (ironically) safety reasons 2) Good (Blankin') Luck getting people to put up with this one --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]) http://www.vortex.com/lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 Co-Founder, PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility): http://www.pfir.org Founder, NNSquad (Network Neutrality Squad): http://www.nnsquad.org Founder, GCTIP (Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance): http://www.gctip.org Founder, PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Google Buzz: http://bit.ly/lauren-buzz
