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| big_D wrote: Over here, cafés and private households offering wi-fi access points have to keep a track of who used their network and when, otherwise they are liable under law for any offences taking place on their networks - probably one of the reasons why open hotspots are still fairly rare and usually run by one of the big telcos, where you have to have an account to log on. As a private individual, if you have a password protected wi-fi, then you don't need to keep a log, as it is assumed that it is your network. If you don't have a password protected wi-fi, then you have to keep a log of who used it and when (what they surfed is not important). So if I set up a wi-fi at home without a password and somebody uses it to upload kiddie pr0n, then I am guilty, unless I logged who was using at the time of the allged upload. At least it got most people to actually think about passwording their networks. | |
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Here, we’ve been told by Virgin Media that part of our home hub duties will be to provide public wifi. While it won’t count against our usage, or affect our data speeds (how much spare capacity must those have?), I wonder how liable we would be in such circumstances if these rules were to extend further. Our network is password protected, but the public wifi bit isn’t, and we have no control over that aspect (other than opting out of the programme).