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English DJ Claims Wi-Fi Allergy

Posted by samzenpus on from the TV-gives-me-hives dept.

path0$ writes "British Ex-DJ Steve Miller claims that his Wi-Fi allergy is making his life one big misery , forcing him to live in an iron-clad home far from any neighbors. According to the article, more and more people are suffering from an allergy like his. The only positive side to this is that at least Miller didn't think of suing anybody yet, like these people did, who claim to suffer from the same condition and were mentioned in a Slashdot article in 2008."

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  1. Re:Crazy people by TheCarp · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Makese good sense to me. If you only encrypt the things that are very sensitive or private, then its obvious which messages are important. Frankly, would like to see unencrypted IP go away entirely. Sure, whats in wiki may be public...but what portion of it you are accessing is your business only, if simply adding a single character to the URL is enough to keep prying eyes off... well...

    Its minor benefit, but the cost is nearly zero (its 2008, setting up an SSL connection isn't going to slow things down that much).

    Its kind of why I encrypt my hard drive on the laptop. Even if theres very little of any use to anyone that isn't secondarily encrypted. Its still my data, and I am not going to just give it away, especially to someone who was willing to steal my laptop, fuck him on the grounds that he might find something useful.

    Just encrypt everything by default, then you can always switch to unencrypted when you really feel the need. Of course, when are you going to especially WANT your data in the clear? How often have you said "Gee, I hope someone is out there recording all the sites I go to and read"?

    but hey, maybe you have never looked up anything that might be embarassing or might hurt your name or career if people heard that you read it...out of context of course. Never?

    -Steve

    --
    "I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"
  2. Re:Yeah, let's do the math... by ceoyoyo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hey mods, just because you don't get the joke doesn't make it offtopic.

    Someone mod parent up. It's particularly funny when it's sibling post is someone noting that the microwave signal isn't modulated.