[Cialug] OT: New wifi legislation

[Brandon Griffis]

I'm not really sure how bad this is (aside from being a waste).  I mean.
It's either completely ineffective, or terribly destructive to small
business, or in an extreme case somewhat Orwellian.

So far it appears (and I'm hoping) that completely ineffective is the most
likely possibility.

>From the article about what SAFE requires:
"...Anyone providing an "electronic communication service" or "remote
computing service" to the public who learns about the transmission or
storage of information about certain illegal activities or an illegal image
must...."

...hmm... "who learns"?   So the monitoring is in no way required (at least
per my very limited understanding of SAFE), and if you don't monitor you
won't "learn" unless someone is REALLY giving themselves away, so it will be
entirely ineffective.

Is there any other way to take this?

-B

On Dec 6, 2007 2:35 PM, Jeff Davis <jdavis at geolearning.com> wrote:

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> Yes, I saw that a little while ago.
> It raises an awful lot of questions about how that
> would actually be implemented and exactly by whom?
>
> I understand the intent but it seems obvious to me
> that at best you'd only catch a few stupid people
> with this plan, but the cost to those who will need
> to implement it will be enormous.
>
> The argument will be that if one
> child is saved, then it is worth the cost.
> (..and I'm not going to disagree.)
> However, it seems like we'll get very
> little bang for a whole lot of bucks,
> and there are more effective as well
> as cheaper solutions to this problem.
>
> - -Jeff
>
>
> Nathan Stien wrote:
> > On Dec 6, 2007 1:59 PM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Did anybody catch this?
> >>
> >> http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9829759-38.html
> >>
> >> Congress should come up with a test more effective than "I'll
> >> know it when I see it".
> >
> > I was just about to write a post about this.  Our intrepid
> > congresscritters loved this with a 409-2 vote.
> >
> > Also apropos:  "Tech Ignorance Is Not Funny" (on the part of
> > lawmakers).  http://www.techliberation.com/archives/043075.php
> >
> > - Nathan _______________________________________________ Cialug
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