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EFF Reminds Us That Open WiFi Isn't A Bad Thing... And Should Actually Be Encouraged
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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17am EFF Reminds Us That Open WiFi Isn't A Bad Thing... And Should Actually Be Encouraged from the help-out dept We've had plenty of stories concerning open WiFi, and there seems to be a general opinion among some that open WiFi is "a bad thing."
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Yet Another Court Says You're Not 'Negligent' If Someone Uses Your Open WiFi To Infringe
New York City :: NY :: USA | 8 months ago
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Basically, they're suing based solely on limited information -- an IP address -- and when those pursued point out that they have an open WiFi, the lawyers insist that this, alone, is a form of negligence...In July, we wrote about a district court in
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Judge Says Sniffing Unencrypted WiFi Networks Is Not Wiretapping
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
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This has been a central issue in one of the legal challenges to Google's Street View cars collecting data from open WiFi networks. I've long argued that on such an open network, it shouldn't be wiretapping because it's wide open and available for
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Once More, With Feeling: Having Open WiFi Does Not Make You 'Negligent' Under The Law
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
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The case had many similarities to copyright trolling lawsuits, but there was one claim in particular that we found quite troubling: the idea that not securing your WiFi was a form of negligence . The lawyer representing Liberty, Marc Randazza, is
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Common Sense Wins: Finnish Court Says Open WiFi Owner Not Liable For Infringement By User
Helsinki :: Finland | 1 year ago
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The perfectly common sense response is that, no, they should not be responsible under basic principles of protecting third parties from liability from actions of their users. But, common sense isn't always so common, so we might as well cheer it on a
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Woman who says her WiFi was used by a 'house party for 100' not liable for copyright theft
Helsinki :: Finland | 1 year ago
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A California judge has blocked an attempt to prosecute alleged downloaders of copyrighted material in a move which is being championed as a win for American users of the Internet...A key court ruling in Finland says WiFi providers are not responsible
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Australian Police To Go Wardriving, Telling People To Lock Up Their WiFi
Brisbane :: Australia | 1 year ago
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After a bunch of people got upset about this, noting that open WiFi isn't a crime, the police backed down...As pointed out by Slashdot , police in Queensland, Australia are doing a similar wardriving campaign . The official announcement of the
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Austin Police Planned... Then Postponed Wardriving Plans In An Attempt To Shutdown Open WiFi
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Then Postponed Wardriving Plans In An Attempt To Shutdown Open WiFi from the um,-but-it's-legal dept Jonathan Rumion alerted us to a plan by the Austin, Texas police department to conduct a massive war drive around the city , looking for open WiFi
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No Having Open WiFi Does Not Make You 'Negligent' And Liable For $10,000
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Corbin Fisher is a porn company that has followed the footsteps of others down the mass infringement lawsuits path that many of us note feels a lot more like a shakedown process than a reasonable use of copyright law. Even more troubling, in our view,
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Once Again, Basic Detective Work Tracks Down Criminal Activity Done On Open WiFi
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Just because someone does something on a network, it doesn't mean they don't necessarily leave other clues that can be uncovered through basic detective work. And, time and time and time and time and time again, we see stories of basic detective work
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