Some things are perfectly acceptable under certain circumstances and shockingly bad under other circumstances.
BT (British Telecomm) is under fire for using browser re-direct (the same process you see in the hotel to send guests to a welcome/login page) to sell customers new services. The difference is that for an individual user in a hotel this is an interruption of a few seconds and it's necessary for the hotelier's legal protection. For businesses in the UK, it's neither expected nor minor.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/29/bt_hijack/
Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Indie Hotspots Could Perish in UK for Piracy Law
reported by Glenn Fleishman at wifinetnews.com Feb. 28
http://ow.ly/1cWb7
Indie Hotspots Could Perish in UK for Piracy Law
"A UK law under consideration and much reviled by privacy advocates would make independent Wi-Fi hotspots legally indefensible."
That includes hotels, cafes and anyone else who does not (want to) charge enough to operate the required systems to authenticate users and block those who are suspected of wrongdoing. Sounds like a great way for the cell carriers to promote their paid services above all alternatives - I hope we don't see the same direction in the U.S.
http://ow.ly/1cWb7
Indie Hotspots Could Perish in UK for Piracy Law
"A UK law under consideration and much reviled by privacy advocates would make independent Wi-Fi hotspots legally indefensible."
That includes hotels, cafes and anyone else who does not (want to) charge enough to operate the required systems to authenticate users and block those who are suspected of wrongdoing. Sounds like a great way for the cell carriers to promote their paid services above all alternatives - I hope we don't see the same direction in the U.S.
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