India cracks down on open WiFi to stem terrorism, chain letters

Filed under: Wireless

Just when you thought you were doing your buddy next door a favor, turns out leaving your WiFi router open to the public is the first step in staging a terrorist bombing — who knew? The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) reckons the country just isn’t ready for that kind of responsibility, seeing as how email over WiFi is all the rage for transmitting instructions to fellow terror-ees these days. The aim is now to limit WiFi net access to authorized persons only. Man, just imagine what they’ll do with WiMAX. In other news, the pencil sitting next to you could be used to poke your eye out if you’re not careful.