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Because Only Terrorists Use 802.11

Posted by timothy on from the vested-interests dept.

skinnyd writes "Consultants working for the Department of Homeland Security have announced that the Feds view open WiFi as a means of abetting terrorists, and say that they will compel the open wireless operators will have to close off their nets. 'Homeland Security is putting people in place who will be in a position to say, "If you're going to get broken into ... we're going to start regulating."'

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  1. Read the article? No, too hard? by Synn · · Score: 5, Informative

    The government wants harder to break 802.11b. The entire complaint is that 802.11b security is a joke and it's too easy to crack.

    So "Big Brother" in this case is saying, "Make your data harder to snoop".