[geeks] Unsecured Wifi connections now illegal in part of India.

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 12 20:39:20 CST 2009


On Jan 12, 2009, at 9:18 PM, "Jonathan C. Patschke"  
<jp at celestrion.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Jan 2009, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
>
>> It seems the Mumbai terroists used unsecured Wifi connections to send
>> email.
>>
>> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai_cops_probing_Wi-Fi_security/articleshow/3956633.cms
>
> Dang, these governments have it all figured out.  They should just  
> outlaw
> terrorism, so that there won't be anymore terrorists.

Better they should ignore that this may be how terrorists were able to  
communicate?

It's a bit harsh, and quite unrealistic to think it will keep  
terrorists from communicating, but it probably get them to use their  
cellphones, which are probably easier to tap/trace...

Lionel



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