Police In Mumbai Shutting Down Open WiFi
from the blame-the-technology dept
Perhaps it's no surprise that, following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, people are freaking out and blaming technology, as if that will prevent another terrorist attack. First, there were the calls to ban Google maps and now a large number of police are sweeping through all of Mumbai to find open WiFi networks and get the owners to shut the networks down. Of course, there are plenty of perfectly legitimate reasons for offering an open WiFi network, but it seems that no one is even considering that. Because such networks were used in the past by terrorists and possibly could be again, they all must go.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
Reader Comments
Subscribe: RSS
View by: Time | Thread
Funny
Can you guess what I found? A view of my old car, in front of my old apartment from back in March/April of 08.
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Terroists used cell phones
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Terroists used cell phones
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: Terroists used cell phones
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
terrorists win again
yup, the terrorist just won again.
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
shoes
This makes the same amount of sense as banning Wifi or lighters.
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Remember...
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Ban people !
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Wifi
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Waiting ...
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Hmmm...
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
terriers?
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Police In Mumbai Shutting Down Open WiFi
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
hi
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
hi
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
What is Open WiFi ?
Do you really know what is Open WiFi.
I think terrorists on a side but hackers, spammers and your neighbor would love it.
I am to setup so many WiFi Free hotspots in my town but I am to make all of those hotspots secure. Simply I place my Cell Phone Number in "Free-***-***-****" SSID.
Free WiFi is Fun but keep it secure.
Thanks
[ link to this | view in chronology ]