CNN.com - N.Y. county mandates wireless security - Apr 21, 2006:
New York's Westchester County has enacted a law designed to limit identity theft by forcing local businesses to install basic security measures for any wireless network that stores customers' credit card numbers or other financial information.
Also, because you are presumptively stupid....
The law also requires that businesses offering Internet access -- coffeehouses and hotels, for example -- post signs warning that users should have firewalls or other security measures.
Why this is a silly law is made clear a few paragraphs later....
Experts warned that the law would not fully protect anyone from dedicated hackers but acknowledged it could raise awareness of the vulnerabilities inherent in wireless technology.
So the county is imposing a legal burden on all businesses, big and small, for the sake of minimal education. And while the law may or may not have sanctions and/or punishments in case of violations of the law, it sets up any business for a civil suit. So what the hell is "basic security" anyway?
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