BERLIN – Germany’s top criminal court ruled Wednesday that Internet users need to secure their private wireless connections by password to prevent unauthorized people from using their Web access to illegally download data. Internet users can be fined up to euro100 ($126) if a third party takes advantage of their unprotected WLAN connection to illegally download music or other files, the Karlsruhe-based court said in its verdict.
Fuckin’ A, Germany. I mean, you’re all cool and shit with your bratwurst and beer, but this law is absolutely absurd.
Really now? You’re going to fine people for not securing their WiFi? That’s like fining people for not locking their homes and cars. If you don’t lock up your shit and someone robs you blind, it is YOUR problem. Same with your internet.
But you get these lawmakers who don’t understand computers and have these RIAA/MPAA representatives putting their balls all over their faces saying “ZOMG, if people don’t secure their WiFi, people can download music on other people’s networks and get away with it, so lets fine them.”
I’m pretty sure it doesn’t work like that. If I stole someone’s bike because they didn’t chain it to a pole, then used it to rob a store and flee, you shouldn’t be fining the person who didn’t lock the bike up. Same concept.
Second of all, anyone and their mother’s breast implants can hack into WEP networks, that’s how insecure it is. OK maybe WPA is better, but if the average Joe is too dumb to secure his router, he will most definitely have no fucking idea what WEP or WPA is.
Once again, worry about bigger problems, not stupid bullshit like this.
Never Try to Reason with an Apple Fanboy
June 8, 2010
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I love busting Dan’s balls about Apple. He will defend them to the grave. I tend to side with Google over Apple and make that well known. Anyway, here’s our text convo right after Jobs’ iOS 4/ iPhone 4 keynote. This is why I have no life in the summer. Instead of going to the beach every day, I end up in iPhone vs Android arguments. The iPhone 4 looks good, I will not deny that. BUT – AT&T sucks and doesn’t make calls and many of these features have been out already on other phones.
Never reason with an Apple Fanboy
To be dead honest, it is a nice piece of hardware. The screen looks amazing/ has the highest res out of all smartphones and it does 720p video. Plus, its front camera is ahead of most Android devices (except that HTC 4G one, which isn’t as good). Hell they even added a flash (never Adobe Flash). What is pretty useless is how Jobs claims the screen is so amazing that it’s better than a human eye can detect. Well, then if I can’t see it do any better, who cares.
PS – Don’t mind the ghetto pictures of my Droid screen. You need to root it in order to use the screenshot apps. I’m not that risky. Also, to be brutally honest, I don’t like the Droid Incredible. HTC has some pair of balls on them ruining the stock Android GUI with its SenseUI crap (that’s another blog rant).
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