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Safe and Insecure?

Posted by michael on from the playing-dumb dept.

JoeCotellese writes "Can making your network insecure actually improve your security? That's the question asked in this story running in Salon. The author makes the case that by 'making my Internet connection available to any and all who happen upon it, I have no way to be certain what kinds of songs, movies and pictures will be downloaded by other people using my IP address. And more important, my ISP has no way to be certain if it's me.'"

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  1. frist psot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fp

  3. wtf by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    wtf

  4. This just in... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who gives a fuck? Slashdot blows.

  5. Re:OMFG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  6. Re:Not likely to fly... by fullofangst · · Score: 0, Troll

    "'d have read the whole thing, but I was morally repelled by the salon.com ad policy"

    Because you'd like to be able to read anything you want for free, no matter what effort might have gone into it ?