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EFF And Others Push For Open Wifi APs Everywhere

Posted by Unknown on from the feels-so-dirty dept.

netbuzz writes "Forging ahead with an initiative that proved controversial when introduced last year, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and nine other groups today are advancing the Open Wireless Movement to encourage ubiquitous sharing of Internet access. 'We envision a world where sharing one's Internet connection is the norm,' said EFF Activist Adi Kamdar, in a press release. 'A world of open wireless would encourage privacy, promote innovation, and benefit the public good, giving us network access whenever we need it. And everyone — users, businesses, developers, and Internet service providers — can get involved to help make it happen.'"

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  1. First... by Mitreya · · Score: 5, Funny

    We envision a world where sharing one's Internet connection is the norm,' said EFF Activist Adi Kamdar, in a press release. 'A world of open wireless would encourage privacy, promote innovation, and benefit the public good, giving us network access whenever we need it.

    The person sharing their connection has to NOT be concerned with being successfully sued.
    Some judges realize that IP != person, others do not.

    I lived with roommates, and it was somewhat of a concern that the "owner" of the internet account will be the one responsible for anything that may get tied to that IP address.

    1. Re:First... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Some judges realize that IP != person, others do not.

      Not just judges in civil law suits. Also police investigating other crimes.

      Furthermore, there is this thing with limited bandwidth. QoS doesn't work very well if all you have is 1Mbps over a very long DSL connection.

    2. Re:First... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Pay your own damn internet bill!

  2. Sounds like a tremendously good idea... by vikingpower · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...under the premise that no individual can be held responsible, by any kind of state of the surveillance or police type, for what others do. But wait. Let's turn this argument around. If technology did exist to ensure that no individual could be held responsible for what either he or others do, then this would be quite the act of opposition to the states you and I live in: Western European states, the USA - i.e. surveillance and police states.

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  3. ISP by Dan+East · · Score: 5, Funny

    And everyone — users, businesses, developers, and Internet service providers — can get involved to help make it happen.

    That just made an executive at an ISP laugh really, really hard.

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