Comments on: New LA Net cafe rules http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1863 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1863/comment-page-1#comment-3208 Reader's Write Fri, 09 Jul 2004 04:32:35 +0000 #comment-3208 Yeh? I'm in Canada and all we have to do in a library is book a time with our name and that is all Yeh? I’m in Canada and all we have to do in a library is book a time with our name and that is all

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1863/comment-page-1#comment-3206 Reader's Write Fri, 09 Jul 2004 03:29:20 +0000 #comment-3206 Something not mentioned is that public access internet computers are virtually untraceable to the people using them. High-profile crimes via the internet, such as releasing a major virus, making death threats, etc, can (with considerable effort) often be traced to the source even when hiding behind proxies. Tracing it to a public terminal leads to an an effective dead end - something that law enforcement will no doubt try to remedy. Expect more widespread use of video cameras, and probably soon, having to show an ID to use a public computer. The local library where I live now requires registration for internet access. Since the "Patriot" Act forces all US libraries to turn over all records of a patron on demand to law enforcement, this would presumably include internet records as well as checked-out books. Something not mentioned is that public access internet computers are virtually untraceable to the people using them. High-profile crimes via the internet, such as releasing a major virus, making death threats, etc, can (with considerable effort) often be traced to the source even when hiding behind proxies. Tracing it to a public terminal leads to an an effective dead end – something that law enforcement will no doubt try to remedy.

Expect more widespread use of video cameras, and probably soon, having to show an ID to use a public computer.

The local library where I live now requires registration for internet access. Since the “Patriot” Act forces all US libraries to turn over all records of a patron on demand to law enforcement, this would presumably include internet records as well as checked-out books.

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