[LINK] Wi-Fi

Jan Whitaker jwhit at melbpc.org.au
Mon Apr 25 09:51:43 AEST 2011


At 07:55 AM 25/04/2011, Philip Argy wrote:
>http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-ny-case-underscores-wi-fi-privacy.html

Thanks, Philip.
In case folks don't get to the end, this bit was worth learning, 
given our discussions about ISPs cutting off access for illegal downloading:

In Germany, the country's top criminal court ruled last year that 
Internet users must secure their wireless connections to prevent 
others from illegally downloading data. The court said Internet users 
could be fined up to $126 if a third party takes advantage of their 
unprotected line, though it stopped short of holding the users 
responsible for illegal content downloaded by the third party.

The ruling came after a musician sued an Internet user whose wireless 
connection was used to download a song, which was then offered on an 
online file sharing network. The user was on vacation when the song 
was downloaded.

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