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Comments on news posted 2006-06-29 17:10:37: Slashdot points out that the Sheriff's department in Douglas County, Colorado, plans to patrol the streets for unsecured hotspots, and warn the owners of the potential dangers, according to a local news report. ..
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GadgetsRme
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Canon City, CO
| Re: Douglas County website You should also consider the growth with the statistics.
Douglas County, CO
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Douglas County is one of 64 counties in Colorado. The county is in the Denver-Aurora metro area.
The estimated population in 2004 was 237,963. This was an increase of 35.39% from the 2000 census.
Income snapshot
Median household income
Local $82,929
National $41,994
Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census Bureau
Link: »www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.···dex=9438
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richk_1957
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join:2001-04-11
Minas Tirith
| In a way, not a bad idea... If they can let the owner of the unsecured hotspots, they should log them, also. This way if some claims 'trespassing' or 'theft of services' or something else, they can say 'too bad, you were notified of the situation by the police & warned of the possible consequences'.
That's my feeling of the situation. You create a hotspot [wireless router, ect] and you don't secure it, you have no right to complain if someone on the street with a wireless - capable laptop uses your connection.
A bad example is you have a house with a front door, right? You keep that front door closed and maybe locked, correct? Think of the house as a router, with the front door the wireless capability and encryption the lock. | |
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Keystone Kop
@gte.net
| Re: In a way, not a bad idea... Actually, the could help any criminals by doing this.
If they don't completely secure their database of open APs, a good hacker can get a taxpayer subsidized list of open AP by getting access to the database
Also, If they come knocking on the door of an address that they had logged an open AP for, they have given that person an excellent and well documented alibi for any suspicious activity coming from their IP. | |
| qworster
join:2001-11-25
Los Angeles, CA
2 edits |  HEY SHERIFF! ! Here's a concept: CATCH CRIMINALS!!
Give me a break!! | |
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81399672
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join:2006-05-17
Los Angeles, CA | how will they determine whos hotspot it is? how will cops determine whos hotspot it is,with out first getting a warrant? | |
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Cjaiceman
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join:2004-10-12
Parker, CO
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| a waste This is a waste of tax payers dollars, the money used doing this could be used doing something more productive. Like keeping those 16 to 17 year old idiots from killing themselves street racing, or catching that rapist that is eye-balling your daughter or sister... This just disgusts me that we are paying for this crap. This is almost the breaking point, I think I might start looking at houses in other states... Colorado is starting to head downhill... OMG... *hangs head is disgust* | |
| GhostDoggy
join:2005-05-11
Duluth, GA | Don't warn; fine them for it! Its a bigger statement that get's their attention better. Still, I like the effort. | |
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interl0per
@verizon.net
| dispersions on wifi
If the encryption gets good enough they will characterize 'secured' AP's as evil next.
Very soon we will see legalese from the ISP's mandating NO wireless access permitted to your connection? I expect it.
The technology is just too useful to be allowed free reign. | |
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FiL
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join:2005-08-16
Silver Spring, MD | oh god... cops patrolling the means lanes of the information super highway...but with a catch, on this highway Haxorz own. Dumbasses. Stick with shooting individuals who reach to pull out their wallets, Diallo style....f'ing pigs. | |
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DeeplyShrouded
@comcast.net
| Secure all you want.... I'll just find another open one.
There are plenty of people with completely open hotspots.
You can even Google "free wi-fi access" and find some.
Cops for the most part aren't very computer savvy.
I've been a hacker for close to 35 years, first with the
phone system, now the net. I don't mean hacker the way the
media portrays them, but a true hacker, one that plays with
hardware and software, testing the limits of technology.
If someone came to my door that I didn't know, claiming that
my wireless was open, I'd probably laugh in their face.
There are close to 15 different points here, some secure,
some not. Frankly, I'd complain to the mayor if a cop
showed up at my door because of my wi-fi. If I were in that
county, I'd vote for a different sheriff.
What a bonehead idea. How about driving through the
neighborhood nailing the people stealing the wireless
access by catching them in the act?
When Comcast came and installed my modem, they left file
and printer sharing on! After he left, I put the router
in-line, turned off file and printer sharing, and secured
my network with WPA, no SSID broadcast and MAC filtering.
I agree your networks should be secure, but I don't think
it's the sheriff's job to let you know about it.
Run spots on TV, commercials, news reports......
They should be out doing the job we pay them to do.
Catch the people doing the crime.
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