DigitalXeron
There is a lack of sanity
join:2003-12-17
Hamilton, ON
 ·Cogeco Cable
 ·Bell Sympatico
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May 18th, @02:56PM
| reply to GhostDoggy
Re: Municipal Directive on Open WiFi Networks
said by GhostDoggy  :I was wondering if there is sufficient interest to spark a conversation in which your local municipality would begin an endeavor to observe, target, identify, and cite households with wireless LANs that are completely open. I would think of this much like I would the mechanical violation citation that my former municipality endeavored into. If the police felt the missing tail light was a safety physical concern, then why not virtual concern in this manner? And much like resolving those mechanical violation citations, you would have to get a 3rd party to endorse that your wireless network is now protected to get a silly rubber stamp for you to remit back to the municipality before the citation becomes a monetary fine. Consider the following with that same attitude:
Do you intend to also have governments monitor people's personal computers to check:
... for antivirus?
(never know, people may have viruses on their computer)
... for a firewall?
(never know, someone from the internet could be trying to access the system)
... for antispyware?
(never know, people may be transmitting credit card numbers around)
... if their computers are overclocked?
(never know, the computer could turn into a fire hazard)
... what people send via email..chat?
(never know, there could be terrorist stuff being transmitted)
... to see what ports they have open?
(never know, they may have a trojan)
... to see what documents are written..what pictures are on people's hard disks?
(never know, people may be writing about something that's illegal)
then proceed to fine people if they are not up to a certain "specification"?
Now, to break from that attitude as it's giving me a headache...
I'm a security advocate myself, however, taking it to the level that governments (municipal, provincial/state, or federal) have control over people's personal systems is just another progression toward totalitarianism and progression away from democracy.
Where do you set the limits as to where governments have control to fine people for misuse of technology?
I know there should be more responsibility, however, it should be ISPs that hold their users responsible, not the tax-dollar driven municipalities.
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--Kradorex Xeron
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