On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 10:17 AM, Richard McKay wrote: > One point that I personally found interesting is the direction that > this > thread has taken so far...certainly there are issues in just searching > for > and using wifi hot spots without knowing who owns them or if they are > meant > to be available to the public, but until now I haven't seen anyone > post that > there are indeed free and legal hot spots available in many locations > around > the world...and are usually subsidized by a sponsor or government > agency. It was mentioned and I did exclude such free offerings from my posts. However, one might wonder about government sponsored free wifi (and just where are the Libertarians on this issue? Do you really want a government having free access to your surfing habits, email and possibly your entire computer? I doubt the citizens of China are too comfortable with the government looking over their shoulder, nor the Koreans, Iraqis and Californians. --- Lobate Black Scale -- A Photo Essay By Jack Rodgers http://www.jackrodgers.com