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Re: Republicans propose data retention laws targeting ISPs, home WiFi users
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:11:54 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org> Date: February 20, 2009 9:51:09 AM EST To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Cc: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>Subject: Re: [IP] Republicans propose data retention laws targeting ISPs, home WiFi users
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 03:37:03AM -0500, David Farber wrote:
Republican politicians on Thursday called for a sweeping new federal lawthat would require all Internet providers and operators of millions of WiFi access points, even hotels, local coffeeshops, and home users, to keep records about users for two years to aid police investigations...
Except that even if it works, it won't work. Apparently these people have learned nothing from the tragic Julie Amero case, which should havedriven home the point that there's a major disconnect between "what someone
does" and "what their computer does". Given that there are a very large number of systems infested with malware -- which effectively meansthey no longer "belong" to their putative owners in an operational sense --
it won't be long at all until "swatting" migrates online. If it hasn't already. ---Rsk ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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