Friday, December 7, 2007

free wi-fi to go bye-bye???!!!

H.R. 3791

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...bill requires anyone with a wireless network that's open to the public to report any illegal images that pass through their network...

The SAFE bill, or Securing Adolescents From Exploitation-Online Act...anyone with an open Wi-Fi network will be required to comply with the law...

...if a passerby uses the access point to find or share child pornography. It could also cause some businesses that offer free Wi-Fi service to shut down their open networks.

The SAFE bill must still pass the U.S. Senate before becoming law, which could take months.

http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/12/06.6.shtml

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...The bill doesn't require WiFi owners to police anything, merely 'stiffening the penalties' for those who make no effort to report obvious child pornography.

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/07/12/06/1354232.shtml

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