[sllug-members]: Bill to restrict open wireless access

[Michael Place]

And 'Yarro' that Warren speaks of is Ralph Yarro of SCO fame. 

-mp




On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 13:34 -0700, warrenw at xmission.com wrote:
> Daw and Yarro are friends who partnered on the CP80 bill in the last  
> legislative session.  In the intervening year, Yarro has spoken out  
> about what he perceives as the dangers of public wifi and its ability  
> to provide porn to minors (he ranted in committee about how kids could  
> war drive neighborhoods and download porn from their cars in the  
> street if they found unsecured networks).
> 
> Its a small leap to this bill, if you ask me.
> 
> -w
> 
> Quoting Nathan Lane <nathamberlane at gmail.com>:
> 
> > What is the premise for this bill?  Did something happen to cause this bill
> > to be written?
> >
> > On Jan 23, 2008 12:42 PM, Michael Place <mp at xmission.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Rep. Brad Daw is preparing to introduce legislation to heavily restrict
> >> free and open wireless Internet access in the state. A full copy of the
> >> text of this bill is available here:
> >>
> >> http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/hbillint/hb0139.htm<http://le.utah.gov/%7E2008/bills/hbillint/hb0139.htm>
> >>
> >> What this bill essentially does, as I read it, is to outlaw free public
> >> wireless Internet access in the state of Utah unless that access has a
> >> provision to verify the age of users via either a credit card or (get
> >> this) government issued ID.
> >>
> >> This proposal would radically reshape or destroy things like the future
> >> of community wifi projects. I can't even begin to fathom how this would
> >> affect cellular data networks. I'm sure there are other concerns members
> >> of this list would like to bring up as well.
> >>
> >> It's going to be another interesting session on the hill. If you would
> >> like to contact the Rep sponsoring this bill, his name is Brad Daw and
> >> he's from Orem. His contact information is available below:
> >>
> >> http://www.braddaw.com
> >>
> >> -mp
> >>
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> > --
> > Nathan Lane
> >
> 
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