February 21st, 2009

Proposed law might make Wi-Fi users help cops

By Stephen Lawson, Network World

A proposed U.S. law would require Internet service providers to store information about every user of their services and keep that data for at least two years, in a bid to crack down on Internet-based predators and child pornographers...

"Data retention proposals are sort of like zombies, in that they're kind of easy to knock down, but they tend to come back," Bankston said.

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