Proposed Law Might Make Wi-Fi Users Help Cops - PC World
Fri, Feb 20th, 2009
A proposed U.S. law would require Internet service providers to store information about every user of their services and keep that data for at least two years, in a bid to crack down on Internet-based predators and child pornographers.
The language of the law may even apply to owners of home Wi-Fi routers, according to a digital rights attorney.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn and Representative Lamar Smith, both Republicans from Texas, held a press conference Thursday to announce separate bills in the Senate and House of Representatives, both called the Internet Safety Act...
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