  RaptorNot a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON | Bad Business Model? I can't see the ISP's being entirely diligent on this one as it would cost them customers in the end. I don't see this working. The government let alone the ISP's aren't competent enough to reliably enforce such a measure even if they wanted to do so, privacy issues aside.
Now I'm curious as to the feedback, if any, that will come from the EU. I'm not that familiar with how much influence the EU has though in regards to such an issue.
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|  BIGMIKEPremium
join:2002-06-07
Westminster, CA | Cracking a wireless network in 3 minutes
»hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl···from=rss
Turbo-charged wireless hacks threaten networks
The latest graphics cards have been used to break Wi-Fi encryption far quicker than was previously possible. Some security consultants are already suggesting the development blows Wi-Fi security out of the water and that corporations ought to apply tighter VPN controls, or abandon wireless networks altogether, in response.
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join:2004-05-27
Brooklyn, NY | Re: Bad Business Model? said by BIGMIKE:The latest graphics cards have been used to break Wi-Fi encryption far quicker than was previously possible. Some security consultants are already suggesting the development blows Wi-Fi security out of the water and that corporations ought to apply tighter VPN controls, or abandon wireless networks altogether, in response. » www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/10···hacking/ So are appropriately chosen passwords still safe for WPA2 if it is brute force? It sounds like it. For now.
Whats a suitable password? Just something very long and using caps, numbers, special characters etc?
Although what those guys are suggesting is that its just a matter of time before any WPA2 password can be brute forced, is that correct? | |
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 Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT
3 edits | A Death Blow? I'm sure that when a ISP looses half of their customers they'll say "Fsck This!!" and go back.
"I was just downloading a Linux CD using BitTorrent!"
Not to mention the amount of WiFi hacking that will occur just to get online. | |
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join:2001-08-27
Canada
kudos:16
1 edit | The French can.... Mordez-moi! | |
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| | Impossible to Enforce This will be quite impossible to enforce. That being said, doesn't the French bureaucracy have more important fish to fry...like how to deal with the struggling economy? | |
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| | | Re: Impossible to Enforce Well, I'm sure they've been told that if the government spends a billion dollars playing whack-a-mole, they'll infuse the French economy with billions of dollars and millions of new jobs.... | |
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| | | | Re: Impossible to Enforce said by Karl Bode:Well, I'm sure they've been told that if the government spends a billion dollars playing whack-a-mole, they'll infuse the French economy with billions of dollars and millions of new jobs.... You betcha! (insert wink here from Caribou Barbie.) In the same manner that a $700B bailout for private corps in the U.S. will create and stimulate jobs in the healthcare industry and cut waste concurrently. | |
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 N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
kudos:1 | What about due process? You can be damn sure there had better be some sort of impartial due process involved before you're taking my internet access away for a year.
Sorry, but I'm not willing to rely on a database run by the MPAA and RIAA and a table of dynamic IP addresses that rotate every time the wind blows.
And for the record, I do NOT download movies or music unless I pay for them from a legitimate source. I believe piracy is theft, and thieves should be punished.
But the word of some corporations simply isn't enough. There must be an outside review by some sort of impartial arbiter before someone loses their internet access for a whole year.
Shit, I fear this crap is coming here next...
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| Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT | Re: What about due process? It's already here. Just the rather large ISP's do it.
I'm glad ours doesn't. | |
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| KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | the IP owners see all torrent traffic as piracy and are incapable of knowing that there is legal p2p.
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join:2003-11-11
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kudos:1 | Re: What about due process? Not long...... | |
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Pv8man
join:2008-07-24
Hammond, IN | This will not fly for long Once French ISP's start loosing more then 25% of its customer base.
This is just a scare tactic, and if enforced, French ISP's will be shooting themselves in the foot financially | |
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|  hopeflickerCapitalism breeds greedPremium
join:2003-04-03
Long Beach, CA
kudos:1 | Re: My 1 peso said by cpsycho:So how are these isp's in france gonna know the differance between a legal p2p download and illeagel one? That's a silly question. It's how they do it now, they GUESS  | |
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| | umm i think this is just punishing isp's. i guess next the people with drugs will be banned from the roads  | |
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| Pv8man
join:2008-07-24
Hammond, IN | Re: umm LOL, becaus they won't be able to tell the Legal drugs from the Illegal drugs. | |
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 dadkinsCan you do Blu?Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
kudos:18 | Define "pirated content" A movie by file size?
A movie by HASH?
A movie by MD5?
A movie period?
Any video just because it is a video?
LOL!
Ok, on top of this... the French?
Yeah, this should be interesting!
Who has the popcorn? 
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 ARGONAUTgot ping?Premium
join:2006-01-24
New Albany, IN | Let Them Download Cake All there doing is picking off the low hanging fruit. | |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Odd Why would France model a law after an American game that isn't that popular in Europe?
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1 edit | Re: Odd said by pnh102:Why would France model a law after an American game that isn't that popular in Europe? Did you come up with that one all by yourself, sweetie? Mommy must be so proud of her clever boy! | |
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| | pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Re: Odd said by SilverSurfer1:said by pnh102:Why would France model a law after an American game that isn't that popular in Europe? Did you come up with that one all by yourself, sweetie? Mommy must be so proud of her clever boy! Of course. However, I get bonus points for actually reading the article summary prior to commenting.
»Not A Chance
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join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | Do the issuers of the violation letter ... ... need to prove that there was a violation or is the fact that one was issued an automatic "Strike"? The latter makes 3 unsubstantiated (and possibly erroneous) claims the required "3 Strikes" but given that under French (Napoleonic Code?) Law an accusation means that legally you are automatically guilty and it is your job to prove your innocence so that would be in sync with their system of so called (by US/non-State-of-Louisiana standards) "Justice".
So long as the simple and unverified claim counts it is easy for someone to get their access revoked just because someone accuses them of so-called wrong doing. | |
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