Kiss Open WiFi Goodbye

[Jokerswild]

"Congress was apparently busy on Wednesday moving forward with incredibly bad laws that are designed to look good to certain constituents, but are highly questionable in real terms. We already discussed the new PRO IP bill, but the House also rushed through approval of the SAFE Act, which is one of those ridiculous bills that everyone feels compelled to vote for to "protect the children." Only two Representatives voted against the bill (and, yes, for his fans, one of them was Ron Paul). As Declan McCullough's report makes clear, the backers of this bill rushed it through Congress for no clear reason. They used a procedural trick normally reserved for non-controversial laws -- and made significant changes from an earlier version, never making the new version available for public review prior to the vote."

Techdirt: Congress Rushes Through Law To Protect The Children... And Make Open WiFi A Huge Liability

[screwballl]

this will get turned around once people catch wind of it and the tech community chimes in.

[Jokerswild]

It's been reported now that this will basically not affect mom and pop shops or cafe's but more just a reinforcement of a law requiring ISP's to report any abuse of children so this article is BS.

[screwballl]

well hey, you posted it

[Jokerswild]

Thats what happens when you post something as soon as it comes out.