Imagine a world where dozens of open networks are available at your fingertips
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Re: Imagine a world where dozens of open networks are available at your fingertips
#2We've seen many efforts similar to this over the years.
Can anyone describe why this effort is different from those that came before it?
Re: Imagine a world where dozens of open networks are available at your fingertips
#3The REAL problem is the 'we don't think so' at the 'Will opening my network make me liable for others' illegal activities?'. That is the key of the problem and until it is fixed there is no way I am opening my wifi to strangers.
Re: Imagine a world where dozens of open networks are available at your fingertips
#4The REAL problem is the 'we don't think so' at the 'Will opening my network make me liable for others' illegal activities?'. That is the key of the problem and until it is fixed there is no way I am opening my wifi to strangers.
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#5As the owner of my broadband line in the UK, I am legally responsible for everything downloaded with my connection.
As long as this is still the case, this will never happen.
Also, I have to pay if I go over my bandwidth limit. I appreciate there are plans with no limit, but this is a limiting factor for almost everybody.
Re: Imagine a world where dozens of open networks are available at your fingertips
#6Have there been any prosecuted 'piracy' cases, anywhere in the world, where an open network is involved? Until there is, I believe running an open network is an excellent idea where you can afford to do so (afford being: no data caps, you have a fully separate secure private network for your own use, and you can limit bandwidth).
Re: Imagine a world where dozens of open networks are available at your fingertips
#7As the owner of my broadband line in the UK, I am legally responsible for everything downloaded with my connection. As long as this is still the case, this will never happen. Also, I have to pay if I go over my bandwidth limit. I appreciate there are plans with no limit, but this is a limiting factor for almost everybody.
Could you [or anyone] quote statute or an official source for your first line assertion, please?
Re: Imagine a world where dozens of open networks are available at your fingertips
#8Can we all just calm down and take a sensible look at the risk. Is for example, the risk of getting hit by a meteor, bigger than say getting legal attention for having an open wifi? Security researcher like Bruce Schneier keeps an open wifi, and he argues this exact point. (https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wirel...)
There are also plenty of solutions if one want to eliminate this "risk". Hook it to Tor, or an VPN solution of your choice, and that will be that. That's it, no more risk, and you can enjoy the safety that one can normally only get from insurance against volcanoes.
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#9Great idea, it's how the world should work, but I don't want the risk of attention by prosecutors, Comcast or the RIAA, and I don't want the extra due diligence necessary to definitively define those risks, and I don't want the surprise when any of those entities find new ways to annoy me.
Re: Imagine a world where dozens of open networks are available at your fingertips
#10As the owner of my broadband line in the UK, I am legally responsible for everything downloaded with my connection. As long as this is still the case, this will never happen. Also, I have to pay if I go over my bandwidth limit. I appreciate there are plans with no limit, but this is a limiting factor for almost everybody.
I don't believe that your first sentence is correct, please can you provide citations?