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War Driving To Be Protected In NH
AllMightyPaul writes "A big article on Wired.com talks about the new House Bill 495 that would legalize the innocent stumbling upon open wireless networks. Basically, it put the burden of securing a wireless network on the owner of the network and allows people to connect to open networks that they believe are supposed to be open. This is excellent news as I'm sure we've all tried to connect to one wireless network and ended up accidentally connecting to another one. Being from NH, now I can finally drive through Manchester and connect anywhere I want with little worry, but not until after January 2004, and that's if the bill passes the Senate."
Why don't our legislators spend their time protecting innocent people (Skylarov, Felten, Serebryany, etc.) from laws like the DMCA that have been abused, instead of saying "hey, it's legal to wardrive, which nobody has ever been maliciously prosecuted for"?
Well, our legislators doesn't apply unless you live in New Hampshire, since it's just a state law. Also, was the state of New Hampshire prosecuting Skylarov, Felten, or Serebryany? I don't believe so. Don't say they should be fixing things when they're things they have little to no control over. Think before you talk.
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Yes moderators, I'm obviously a troll. I write a well-stated argument without resorting to name-calling or annoying "internet slang" and I'm a troll. Way to go.
New Hampshire's current Governor is the founder of Cabletron (a high tech company)
Oh, come on. We used a lot of Cabletron equipment at my last employer. It is decidedly low-tech... (read: worst networking gear I've ever had the displeasure of using)
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