[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4cast #394: Open Wireless

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OPLIN 4cast #394: Open Wireless
July 16th, 2014

Open Wireless MovementThis weekend at the "Hackers on Planet Earth" 
conference, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) plans to 
demonstrate new open source firmware for wireless routers. While open 
source wireless firmware is nothing new, in this case, the firmware is 
designed specifically to support the Open Wireless Movement. This 
movement is promoting the widespread sharing of unencrypted wireless 
networks with no password protection, so anyone can easily access and 
use them. Libraries are big on sharing, of course, and also big 
providers of public wireless, but will they embrace Open Wireless?

  * What is the Open Wireless Movement? <https://openwireless.org/>
    (openwireless.org) "We are aiming to build technologies that would
    make it easy for Internet subscribers to portion off their wireless
    networks for guests and the public while maintaining security,
    protecting privacy, and preserving quality of access. We're also
    teaching the world about the many benefits of open wireless in order
    to help society move away from closed networks and to a world in
    which openness is the default. Our efforts follow the opinion of
    nationally recognized computer security expert Bruce Schneier, who
    considers maintaining an open wireless node a matter of 'basic
    politeness'
    <https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles.html>."
  * New open-source router firmware opens your Wi-Fi network to
    strangers
    <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/new-router-firmware-safely-opens-your-wi-fi-network-to-strangers/>
    (Ars Technica | Joe Silver) "[OpenWireless.org's] mission statement
    reads. 'And we are working to debunk myths (and confront truths)
    about open wireless while creating technologies and legal precedent
    to ensure it is safe, private, and legal to open your network.' One
    such technology, which EFF plans to unveil at the Hackers on Planet
    Earth (HOPE X) conference <http://www.hope.net/> next month, is
    open-sourced router firmware called Open Wireless Router."
  * This tool boosts your privacy by opening your Wi-Fi to strangers
    <http://www.wired.com/2014/06/eff-open-wireless-router/> (Wired |
    Andy Greenberg) "One goal of OpenWireless.org, says EFF staff
    attorney Nate Cardozo, is dispelling the legal notion that anything
    that happens on a network must have been done by the network's
    owner. 'Your IP address is not your identity, and your identity is
    not your IP address,' Cardozo says. 'Open wireless makes mass
    surveillance and correlation of person with IP more difficult, and
    that's good for everyone.'"
  * EFF wants you to open your Wi-Fi to IMPROVE privacy
    <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/24/open_your_wifi_to_improve_privacy/>
    (The Register | Darren Pauli) "The EFF sees the proliferation of
    segmented open wireless networks as a key tactic that will foil
    intelligence agencies' ability to track individuals. By opening home
    and business wireless to all, it became more difficult to tie people
    to their online activity.[...] Provided the software is sufficiently
    secure, the obvious outstanding threat would be to the open wireless
    users who could find themselves blamed for online crimes committed
    by anonymous users of their network."

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# Open source Wifi hotspot implementation 
<http://web.b.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/ehost/detail?sid=e5dbedfa-1d09-4d8e-936e-43cc06381095%40sessionmgr112&vid=1&hid=122&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=28716633>. 
(/Information Technology & Libraries/, June 2007, p35-43 | Tyler Sondag 
and Jim Feher)
# Administering an open-source wireless network 
<http://web.b.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/ehost/detail?sid=d91d6fc4-0a31-4abd-8553-058e1796df06%40sessionmgr112&vid=1&hid=122&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=34231360>. 
(/Information Technology & Libraries/, September 2008, p44-54 | James 
Feher and Tyler Sondag)
# EFF: At the crossroads of technology and digital liberty 
<http://web.b.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/chc/detail?sid=886a596e-3343-4d88-978c-f10af586de9e%40sessionmgr111&vid=1&hid=122&bdata=JnNpdGU9Y2hjLWxpdmU%3d#db=cmh&AN=94766664>. 
(/Information Today/, March 2014, p1-33 | Donovan Griffin)
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