UK Government Set To Kill Wi-Fi Hotspots

[starfighter]

Can people on these forums actually read or just whinge in exactly the same way as the 3 people above?

The bill is about copyright and how the ISP has to now cut the customer off. If you agree with that then you also have to agree that if you share your internet connection you are responsible for their use. That is no different to now really. If an ISP thought you were doing anything to harm their users such as spamming, scanning ports or child porn they would cut you off and possibly inform the police, or atleast tell the user who would tell the police who would be allowed to check the records.

If a ISP receives a copy right notice they have to do something or they can be taken to court or the customer can be taken to court directly as they own the IP address.

So really the only difference is the 3 strike system will be a hard line, currently ISPs aren't strict because they would lose customers. But they will now have to operate by the same rules.

I do think this is a bit OTT or as said we should get something back like not stupidly long copyright laws which mean music 50 years old still costs £10 a CD or annoying DRM.

But what they also don't have to do is record everything, it is quite funny that the government wants to do this because it really is impossible without spending billions and billions. It will never happen ao I am not really bothered.

But either way the article makes it sound like this is a massive blow for hotspots but really it isn't you just block bit torrent on your hotspot and make sure it is secure, no one commits any crime, job done.

Currently if you had an open wifi and some peado parked his car outside your house and downloaded dodgy stuff you would still get done.

And anyway who gives a crap. 3G all the way.

 

[dowie]

The point is that it is secure, a laptop makes a secure connection to the server by https which can't be intercepted.

Whats "It" exactly?

Perhpas you should re-read my post....

Gmail has only recently become secure by default after trouble in China

For hotmail this is there as an 'option'

In addition to this Hotmail and yahoo only have https for login info

So regardless of whether you login with https your session itself after logging its not secure with two of the biggest online e-mail providers...

I don't think this is the fault of the ordinary users for not securing their data as the other poster seemed to be indicating as most people (yourself included it seems) are completely unaware of this.

 

[bam0]

But either way the article makes it sound like this is a massive blow for hotspots but really it isn't you just block bit torrent on your hotspot and make sure it is secure, no one commits any crime, job done.

You can't just block bittorrent, there isn't some checkbox on your router that will stop it working, if you're allowing data through your network someone can make nearly anything work. And again I don't understand the obsession with "securing" the network, in the case of a cafe wifi hotspot you'll be giving out the access code willy nilly anyway. It's like having a locked door and handing out the key to anyone who comes past.

 

[FreeStream]

It doesn't have to be hard fitted, it can be a USB adapter.

I hope it never happens but these plans do exist, its the most obvious way of linking identity with your Internet usage.

So all WiFi enabled phones that are currently out, esp my £450 iPhone, whats going to happen there?

What happens if you loose it, or it breaks, or there are software issues? Will it ban you from the internet until its sorted?

It's ridiculous and surely as the public we just simply cannot let this happen?

Edit: However my uni already uses a login system tied to your user account so I don't see any reason for change there.