On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Paolo Marchiori <paolo at marchiori.net>
wrote:
> Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
>> So if going to Italy, if you want a shred of privacy, bring fake business
>> cards and be prepared to shop around.
>>>>>>> They shouldn't accept that. Just government-issued ID cards. You can't
> imagine the burden that poses even on $COMPANY sysadmins: we need to log
> visited websites in a manner so that they can be linked to people BUT we
> can't look at the logs because it's against the law to trace employees'
> activities - just keep them in case the police needs that.
> Needless to say, it's an anti-terror law. One of the post-9/11 ones, not
> one of the since-late-70s anti-Red Brigades
> for-emergency-only-but-then-never-dismissed ones. BTW; you need an ID
> anyway to register at any hotel - that's the reason why RMS in Italy is
> always hosted at private homes.
>> p.
> --
>
You're on holidays, feck t'internet! :-)
Drink vino, eat and shop is all that should concern you.
If your on business, then you will have a business laptop and use the
hotel's / business wifi.
Otherwise drink & be merry!
Conor.
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