Via CNN.com, there is a report of a push for legislation that would require anyone who owns/operates a wireless internet network to keep a log of all users for two years to aid police investigations.
This is the technological equivalent of the government, say 12 years ago, requiring you to keep an accurate log of everyone who uses your phone for the last 2 years.
Sorry, but this is wrong. This is the government sticking it's nose into your private life. If they want to get a warrant for the records you do have, that's one thing but this is different. You don't have to keep a log of where your car goes and who drives it to aid an investigation about whether it was used in a crime. You aren't required to keep a log of all video purchases and what movies are watched on your television/DVD player to make sure you aren't pirating movies. There is no reason to force you to keep a record of who uses your internet connection.
Contact your legislators and let them know that you want the government to keep out of your business.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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AMEN!!
Not only is this wrong, it's nearly impossible...Imagine just "The Bistro" in Tunkhannock. They have multiple people in there every day that use their wireless network. You'd hafta get ID, and signature from each one, or what...that's totally ridiculous!! I don't know how they actually expect big places that offer free WiFi to have sign in sheets or what, and everyone will hafta have a secure WEP authentication on it which will make havign a wifi site much harder, and there will pretty much hafta be someone there who knows how to set it up on computers to help the layperson...it's not practical at all!!
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