<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Worse than that in certain highly restrictive societies we see proposals to force national per user id numbers as a mandatory portable part of IPv6 Addresses.<div><br></div><div>I.e the last digits of your IP address are your fix ID, the first few is your device locator...</div><div><br></div><div>Please do not tell Conroy about that one or we will see some horror like that here too.</div><div><br><div><div>On 31/05/2010, at 2:19 PM, Pinkerton, Eric wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div><span class="365590304-31052010">></span>It's considered to be neighbourly
to open your WiFi<span class="365590304-31052010"> </span>and it some what
protects you against government accusations of piracy as who was using the
WiFi in<span class="365590304-31052010"> </span>open WiFi is hard to pin
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span class="365590304-31052010">This
is known as the cheerleader defence, and if you have to depend upon it when
some 'unneighbourly' neighbour uses your naivety to upload child
pornography your mileage may vary!</span></font></div></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/06/wireless_security_cheerleader_defence/">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/06/wireless_security_cheerleader_defence/</a></font></div>
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<div><span class="365590304-31052010"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">;-)</font></span></div>
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