Firewalls set to become illegal in many states (Clueless legislator alert)

The Inquirer ^ | 3/28/2003 | The Inquirer

[stimpyone]

There is a good blog on this topic at http://freedom-to-tinker.com/

[jjm2111]

D'oh!

[Glock19C]

They can have my firewall when the pry it from my cold dead... Oh nevermind. ;-)

[FReepaholic]

>>...it just goes to show what happens when you leave legislators to their own devices. ...<<

Probably not the legislators themselves. Probably the media's lobbyists that wrote the thing.

[asformeandformyhouse]

When firewalls are outlawed, only outlaws will have firewalls.

[FateAmenableToChange]

When firewalls are outlawed, only outlaws will have firewalls.

All your firewalls are belong to us.

[freebilly]

FIREWALLS OUTLAWED!

Women and Children Hit Hardest....

[boxerblues]

All your firewalls are belong to us.
this is not the time to make jokes this is series

[steveegg]

All your firewalls are belong to us.

They can have my firewalls when they pry them from my cold, dead hands and hard drive.

[bmwcyle]

First asbestos now this. Fire is a dangerous thing. The servers will fall like the WTC.

[Zon]

the various states bills all require the banning the use of any technology that conceals "the existence or place of origin or destination of any communication."

I'm reminded that politicians and bureaucrats hide in plain sight as they are the cause of several times more harm and suffering inflicted on individuals and their property than all petty and organized criminals combined. Unbeknownst to the vast majority of people is that when they vote for the lesser of evils it still always begets evil. How can so many people thinking they're right be so wrong.

[E Rocc]

Sounds like the legislators who wanted to legally set pi as equal to three have intellectual heirs.

-Eric

[Paleo Conservative]

'All your firewalls are belong to us.'

this is not the time to make jokes this is series

What a bunch of maroons these legistlators are.

[struwwelpeter]

[rintense]

Exactly.

[ShadowAce]

Tech Ping

[HAL9000]

More specifically, this sounds like an attempt to outlaw proxy servers.

[TechJunkYard]

Could also be effectively used against spammers. I'm still reviewing the Texas bill.

[Cicero]

This also strikes me as probably outlawing programs that deal with spyware.

As for spammers, I doubt if it would accomplish anything. It really WOULD be true that when firewalls are outlawed, only criminals would have firewalls.

[Illbay]

...from my cold dead...

Server?