say bye-bye to your wifi

"to protect the children"

[walkman]

"The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill saying that anyone offering an open Wi-Fi connection to the public must report illegal images including "obscene" cartoons and drawings--or face fines of up to $300,000.

That broad definition would cover individuals, coffee shops, libraries, hotels, and even some government agencies that provide Wi-Fi. It also sweeps in social-networking sites, domain name registrars, Internet service providers, and e-mail service providers such as Hotmail and Gmail, and it may require that the complete contents of the user's account be retained for subsequent police inspection."

[news.com...]

[weeks]

It will never get out of the House.

[Dabrowski]

It will never get out of the House.

Really? I can use mine in the garden! ;)

Seriously though, that's ridiculous. You can get on the net anywhere, it's up to people to protect their own computers.