2011/1/15 Swapnil swapnil.bhartiya@gmail.com:
In US you find open/free wifi every where? A country which is much more concerned about security. Here in Germany open wi-fi is illegal, a country which doesn't much care about terrorists. So, what's India's stand? If you have a router at home do you have to keep it encrypted? Can't you still track users through device ID?
Heh. US is concerned about security? That's a joke. They run what Schneier calls a "Security Theatre", that's all.
Second: I think you need to read up on contemporary German history (post WW2) - they have suffered a lot from terrorism than many of their European neighbours. Look up Baader-Meinhof, for example. Or the sad events of Munich Olympics of 1972.
India's stand - so far, nothing. If someone runs an open Wifi and if that connection is used to make mischief by persons unknown, the owner of the access point is "questioned" until he's cleared.
I personally prefer to have the choice of running an open Wifi or not, mine. Not enforced by the government.
Binand