[ILUG] ID for Internet access

[Paul Ryszka]

if you are paranoid :

buy internet voucher for wireless hotspot at the kiosk paying cash
change mac adres of your wlan card
connect and enjoy


On Thu 15 May 2008 18:13:20 Conor Wynne wrote:
> 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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