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September 15, 2005

Permission-free saves lives

Jennifer Granick explains why the fact that we don't have to ask permission to access unsecured computers on the Net enables the growth of innovative and potentially life-saving technology. Her example: KatrinaList.net. (Thanks to David Isenberg for the link.)

Posted by D. Weinberger at September 15, 2005 12:44 PM

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Why are you worried about this? It's not like someone's going to demand we add a new permission-requesting protocol into the internet; that is equivalent to what is already there. Is there any possibility that someone in US government or ISP services is going to require specific contractual permission in order to hit a website? That seems totally ridiculous because free interconnectivity is exactly what one purchases with an internet connection and limiting this makes the product suck, thus losing business.

Posted by: Shimon Rura | September 15, 2005 05:28 PM

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