MadScot
Dec 06, 2007, 02:17 PM
I don't usually comment on bills without investigating them further in this case I'll make an exception.
This is paramount to charging the gun or bullet maker with murder. It also forces an undue burden on anyone running an open wireless to monitor usage. This would be like charging a bank that gets robbed with the crime itself because it had it's doors open. I will be forced to make expensive upgrades to wireless systems for 2 of my clients who must run in hidden open key due to encryption incompatibility of their equipment. This is an unenforceable law designed to protect ISPs not children.
http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9829759-38.html?tag=nefd.top
House vote on illegal images sweeps in Wi-Fi, Web sites
Posted by Declan McCullagh
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill saying that anyone offering an open Wi-Fi connection to the public must report illegal images including "obscene" cartoons and drawings--or face fines of up to $300,000.
That broad definition would cover individuals, coffee shops, libraries, hotels, and even some government agencies that provide Wi-Fi. It also sweeps in social-networking sites, domain name registrars, Internet service providers, and e-mail service providers such as Hotmail and Gmail, and it may require that the complete contents of the user's account be retained for subsequent police inspection.
Before the House vote, which was a lopsided 409 to 2, Rep. Nick Lampson (D-Texas) held a press conference on Capitol Hill with John Walsh, the host of America's Most Wanted and Ernie Allen, head of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Allen said the legislation--called the Securing Adolescents From Exploitation-Online Act, or SAFE Act--will "ensure better reporting, investigation, and prosecution of those who use the Internet to distribute images of illegal child pornography."
The SAFE Act represents the latest in Congress' efforts--some of which have raised free speech and privacy concerns--to crack down on sex offenders and Internet predators. One bill introduced a year ago was even broader and would have forced Web sites and blogs to report illegal images. Another would require sex offenders to supply e-mail addresses and instant messaging user names
This is paramount to charging the gun or bullet maker with murder. It also forces an undue burden on anyone running an open wireless to monitor usage. This would be like charging a bank that gets robbed with the crime itself because it had it's doors open. I will be forced to make expensive upgrades to wireless systems for 2 of my clients who must run in hidden open key due to encryption incompatibility of their equipment. This is an unenforceable law designed to protect ISPs not children.
http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9829759-38.html?tag=nefd.top
House vote on illegal images sweeps in Wi-Fi, Web sites
Posted by Declan McCullagh
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill saying that anyone offering an open Wi-Fi connection to the public must report illegal images including "obscene" cartoons and drawings--or face fines of up to $300,000.
That broad definition would cover individuals, coffee shops, libraries, hotels, and even some government agencies that provide Wi-Fi. It also sweeps in social-networking sites, domain name registrars, Internet service providers, and e-mail service providers such as Hotmail and Gmail, and it may require that the complete contents of the user's account be retained for subsequent police inspection.
Before the House vote, which was a lopsided 409 to 2, Rep. Nick Lampson (D-Texas) held a press conference on Capitol Hill with John Walsh, the host of America's Most Wanted and Ernie Allen, head of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Allen said the legislation--called the Securing Adolescents From Exploitation-Online Act, or SAFE Act--will "ensure better reporting, investigation, and prosecution of those who use the Internet to distribute images of illegal child pornography."
The SAFE Act represents the latest in Congress' efforts--some of which have raised free speech and privacy concerns--to crack down on sex offenders and Internet predators. One bill introduced a year ago was even broader and would have forced Web sites and blogs to report illegal images. Another would require sex offenders to supply e-mail addresses and instant messaging user names