“Open WiFi networks represent a potential maelstrom of scum and villainy, according to some people. SCO chairman Ralph Yarro recently told the Utah legislature that the state should regulate WiFi networks, even to the point of banning free and unintentionally open networks. (He’s also the guy who proposed moving porn off of port 80.)”

An American court has ruled that a Texas man cannot have child porn evidence against him thrown out simply because his WiFi network was unsecured. Ars Technica looks at the US legal implications. Article here.

Posted Tuesday, April 24th, 2007 @ 6:35 am
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