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[ NNSquad ] Researchers propose government takeover of home routers in emergencies
Researchers propose government takeover of home routers in emergencies http://j.mp/PD5ji6 (ars technica) "An emergency switch would only be effective if private wireless routers were capable of being joined to emergency networks in large numbers. But from a privacy standpoint, we think it should be voluntary on the part of users, if it is ever implemented at all. Deploying the system widely might require intrusive legislation, and software upgrades by router manufacturers that forcibly take away users' administrative control is something we're not a fan of, either." - - - Problematic in both the technical and policy domains. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad