EFF To Unveil Open Wireless Router For Open Wireless Movement

hypnosec writes A new movement dubbed the Open Wireless Movement is asking users to open up their private Wi-Fi networks to total strangers – a random act of kindness – with an aim of better securing networks and facilitating better use of finite broadband resources. The movement is supported by non-profit and pro-internet rights organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Mozilla, Open Rights Group, and Free Press among others. The EFF is planning to unveil one such innovation – Open Wireless Router – at the Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE X) conference to be held next month on New York. This firmware will allow individuals to share their private Wi-Fi to total strangers to anyone without a password.

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[bill_mcgonigle]

Unfortunately, the real world dictates I not even consider this.

Just to split hairs - the legal world is the fictional one. In reality people can just share their connections with others in a grand mutual aid* collaboration. It's the made-up rules (legal fictions) that screw it all up.

Granted, there are large numbers of men with guns who hold these fictions to be reality.

* mine blocks outgoing SMTP, limits to 1Mbps max with a floor around 384Kbps if I'm using the rest.