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Geolocation Enables Internet Borders

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the border-patrol dept.

JimRay writes: "The Washington Post's Tech site is running an interesting piece on geolocation technology and its increased use on the net. The article explains the technology as being able to locate an Internet user in the world, at least to their mother country, and then grant access based on their location. They note how television broadcasters are interested in this kind of technology to prohibit the loss of distribution rights to things like the Olympics."

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  1. More Walls to divide and Conqure the masses by 3seas · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    New Slashdot Code - a late comment seems to suggest that even Slashdot is getting on the building barriers and walls bandwagon.

    But that's not how the internet was built or how OSS is.

    Gee, maybe MS ought to see if they can impliment the personal ID and access system on Slashdot....

    What do you support? Wall to divide and conqure and control the masses, or open honest systems?