[Forwarded because Kristian isn't subscribed to or-talk at this address. What's next? Requiring government-issued IDs at Internet cafes like in Italy, or in libraries? Outlawing open message boards, or Wikipedia, or prepaid sim cards, or payphones, or the postal service? Making people liable for activity that occurs because they run an insecure operating system, like in France?
There are a lot of ways to screw up here. --RD] ----- Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- From: Kristian Koehntopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: An observation Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:43:20 +0200 On Sunday, 10. September 2006 13:06, glymr wrote: > This incident in germany just highlights something which I think that I > would like to raise to the forefront of the tor community's mind, and in > fact perhaps this would be well advanced in the entire open source > community as a whole. The confication thingie is just one thing. The following is just as dangerous, if it takes hold: http://www.golem.de/0609/47690.html "Unprotected WLAN can be expensive LG Hamburg classifies operator of an open WLAN as offending party" Basically, a district court in Hamburg rules that the operator of an open wavelan in Hamburg is responsible for the operation of a router which was used to share music files. The operator had neglected duties that come out of the operation of such a service which can potentially be used to commit violations of law. If this ruling is to take hold, it is to be expected that similar ruling will be held against operators of tor nodes. Kris -- Kristian =?iso-8859-15?q?K=F6hntopp?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- End forwarded message -----
