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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: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.