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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. Re:Please Read "Is This the America I Love?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ah, slashdot moderation at its best. This is interesting and tangentially (at best) relevant. Use your mod points to mod UP, not down.

  2. Re:Ludicris by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    What I find scarry is that we(senators/house-members) has granted the execute branch a constitutional dictatorship. Having one voice is all good, but what happens in 2-6 years when a new president takes the reigns.

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  3. Re:Damnit, I've got some things to say... by inerte · · Score: 0, Troll

    I guess Bush is too male for you, otherwise you would be fucking him?

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  4. Re:It used to be Communism by adam613 · · Score: 1, Troll

    "Who can deny that the best thing that ever happened to this bump-in-the-road, lackluster, infantile, wannabe tricky-dick administration was Osama Bin Laden?" Which is why I'm starting to believe that Mr. Bin Laden and Al-Queida are figments of the imagination of Mr. Bush. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.