[OpenWireless Tech] The police came to the AP owner first, then sniffed the air to find real culprit​​

[David Fine]

> if we want this project to have any chance of success, we have to offer people alternatives as part of our solution that do not require that they run a completely open network.
This is the part I disagree with. The way to grow is to remove barriers 
to entry. To the extent that this is a movement, the main thrust is to 
make open wireless a viable option. Plenty of people are willing to run 
open hotspots if it's safe and uncomplicated. The time to proliferate 
open wifi is now, before things get locked down any further. In the 
United States, we are morally, ethically, and _legally_ in the right. 
http://torrentfreak.com/judge-an-ip-address-doesnt-identify-a-person-120503/
People in Germany will have to route around their laws for a while, that 
sucks. But that's not the problem this project should focus on right now.
--DF

>> Those who wish to tunnel through a VPN may do so. But the movement as a whole seeks to normalize open wireless both socially and legally. We must push back against antisocial laws and support people who fall victim to them.
> If you can't get anyone to follow you, then it doesn't matter whether you are morally or ethically "in the right" or not.
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> For practical reasons, if we want this project to have any chance of success, we have to offer people alternatives as part of our solution that do not require that they run a completely open network.
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> Once we get enough users who are members of the project and offering at least one of the solutions we can help them provide, then we will have a stronger voice that we can use to make calls for changes in the laws.  Until then, we're just a lone voice, screaming into the frankenhurricane.
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