[Nottingham] Considering the last talk...

[Richard Hodgson]

No, I'm saying that if you leave your keys in your car and say, ramraids a
convenience store, then it is perfectly reasonable for the police to
investigate you as a potential suspect, if only to eliminate you as a
suspect and direct the investigation in the right direction.

Just as if someone uses your access point to download illegal material
through your internet connection, then it is perfectly reasonable for the
police to investigate you as a suspect, if only to eliminate you as a
suspect and direct the investigation in the right direction.

Are you saying that because you've decided to leave your access point open,
that the police should completely ignore you as a suspect if your internet
connection is used in order to perform illegal activities? If not, what
alternatives would you suggest compared to what's currently done in order to
proceed with a police investigation?

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 16:50, Sergiusz Pawlowicz
<sergiusz at pawlowicz.name>wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 16:20, Richard Hodgson <rich at dearinternet.com>
> wrote:
> > Nobody is closing your access to the internet.
> >
> > You are free to leave your access point open, just as you are free to
> leave
> > your car unlocked with the keys inside.
>
> I cannot leave my car unlocked, because by law, I will be responsible
> for an accident. Do you want to tell me, that through the internet it
> is possible to create an accident, and additionally, I can be
> responsible for it, as well?
>
> > Just don't be surprised when the police investigate you as a potential
> > suspect when your car is spotted as a getaway vehicle in a robbery,
> taking
> > your car away in order to perform a full forensic analysis whilst they
> > attempt to find out the identities of the real criminals, and clear YOUR
> > name in the process.
>
> I have already read all these arguments in "1984" by Orwell.
>
> S.
>
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