[Gllug] Germans are all ISPs

[salsaman at xs4all.nl]

On Tue, May 18, 2010 23:37, David L Neil wrote:
> FYI: Interesting development in Germany regarding one's responsibility
> to secure personal WLANs.
>
> Regards,
> =dn
>
> "German court orders wireless passwords for all
> Users can be fined if a third party takes advantage of an open connection
> By Kirsten Grieshaber
> updated 10:55 a.m. ET May 12, 2010
>
> BERLIN - Germany's top criminal court ruled Wednesday that Internet
> users need to secure their private wireless connections by password to
> prevent unauthorized people from using their Web access to illegally
> download data.
> ...
> "Private users are obligated to check whether their wireless connection
> is adequately secured to the danger of unauthorized third parties
> abusing it to commit copyright violation," the court said.
> ...
> The court also limited its decision, ruling that users could not be
> expected to constantly update their wireless connection's security —
> they are only required to protect their Internet access by setting up a
> password when they first install it."
>   ...
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37107291/ns/technology_and_science-security/
>
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Isn't there a similar law in the UK ?


Salsaman.


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