| sean finney on 2 Sep 2009 15:22:11 -0700 |
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On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 10:43:32AM -0400, bergman@merctech.com wrote: > Citation, please. There are too many "urban legend" and "friend-of-a-friend" > stories going around. here's two from 5 minutes of googling: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/05/08/paedophile-gang-trial-70-perverts-arrested-worldwide-as-part-of-police-probe-86908-21341340/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/10/AR2007021001457.html but this is only a small and unlikely part of a larger case of liability which makes a strong case for not leaving an AP open. having an open network doesn't give you a carte blanche when the cops/feds come knocking. even more so if they can show that you knew very well what you were doing--maybe you didn't do it but they can still go after you as an accessory and even if you're innocent it will probably be a "generally unpleasant" thing to go through (courts, time, lawyers, record/reputation, etc). but in all honesty i'd be much less worried about the cops/feds busting down my door because they thought i was a pedo, and more worried about them coming on the behest of the MAFIAA and taking all my shit because my downstairs neighbor discovered www.thepiratebay.org via my AP. sean Attachment:
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