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new open source router - letting strangers use your wi-fi is good?

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I can't seem to wrap my mind around this being a good thing. It's nice that the device will give the owner priority and keep the strangers firewalled so they won't get to your network, but still... It almost seems more like they are trying to make it easier for people to illegally download stuff, anonymously, than do something good.

Based on this quote they seem interested in being sure that child pornographers can't be tracked.

This isn’t an abstract problem, either. Consider the case of the Californian who, after allowing a friend access to his home Wi-Fi network, found his home turned inside-out by police officers asking tough questions about child pornography. The man later learned that his houseguest had downloaded illicit materials, thus subjecting the homeowner to police interrogation. Should a critical mass begin to open private...

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