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California Passes Wi-Fi Guidance Law

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the he-wants-us-to-think-for-ourselves dept.

MrNonchalant writes, "California's legislature has passed a law requiring Wi-Fi device manufacturers to include warnings about security. From the article: 'From 1 October 2007, manufacturers must place warning labels on all equipment capable of receiving Wi-Fi signals, according to the new state law. These can take the form of box stickers, special notification in setup software, notification during the router setup, or through automatic securing of the connection. One warning sticker must be positioned so that it must be removed by a consumer before the product can be used.'"

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  1. Re:Receive? No! by SmoothTom · · Score: 4, Informative
    As you said,
    ...having laws regarding technology made by people who don't really know the technology involved seems like a bad idea.
    From the ariicle:
    'From 1 October 2007, manufacturers must place warning labels on all equipment capable of receiving Wi-Fi signals, according to the new state law.'
    This also shows how having articles made by people who don't really know the technology involved seems like a bad idea.

    The actual law (link to the law text attached to the article) this has no statement that even hints at that. Instead, it clearly and plainly defines those items that will require the warning, and those definitions are not only correct, but quite adequate.

    Nice to know that the writers of the law did a better job than the writers of the article.

    Also nice to know that my little 'Canary' WiFi detector will continue to be quite legit, and not covered by the law, at all.

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    Tomas