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Old 04-04-2010, 13:50   #46
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re: Digital Economy Act 2010 [Was "DE Bill Not Passed, BiS Consulting Already"]

I find it particularly irksome that this bill is likely to go through on a "nod" using the the Wash up procedure simply because of timing (election may be called) which IMO is rather more than fortuitous timing. So much for the democratic process.

I supposedly have nothing whatsoever to fear from the potential legislation because I do nothing that breaches any of the proposed laws within the act. However having seen a PC magazine article on secure wireless network hacking I looked further with Google and found over 500K hits on how to hack WEP and WPA secure wireless networks.

Given that many\most users do not have a clue how to secure their networks and even those that do are open to easy hacking it does not bode well for the innocents who by accident or intent are going to find themselves on the receiving end of potentially punitive measures for something they neither had knowledge of or control over.

Holding somebody accountable for the actions of another party who broke in to commit a criminal act when industry standard anti-intrusion methods were in place runs contrary to UK common justice.

My Wireless is totally disabled and will stay that way because over time hackers and crackers will break anything produced.
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