Lending some anecdotal support, the wireless network of the large flagship I went to (in the time spanning the late oughts to the early 10s) operated well enough for the the time while allowing students to plug their own wireless routers into the single Ethernet port they otherwise us to split. And this was back in 802.11g days; before all the channels of 5ghz.

Students had a DC++ service running on the campus MAN, fed it by downloading Linux isos over the onion network… it wasn’t just us nerds doing it either- nearly everyone had a Wi-Fi router.

As time marches on, more rules are made, none are repealed, and student freedom and innovation is stifled. Then those growing up in relative freedom grow grumpy as they watch things enshittify for the people who won’t have known an alternative. I usually apply this thought to privacy philosophy but I see it fits here too.

This is the same AG that blocked the court ordered release of two people who had been wrongfully imprisoned for decades. This was like two people in as many weeks, just a month or so ago. What the hell is going on with Missouri?

There’s a difference between consumer luxury goods and actual luxury goods which are typically unbranded and bespoke.

I’ve had this setup and would recommend but since I’ve switched from OpenVPN to Wiregaurd I’m getting constantly hit by cloud flare verification s and captchas… and my IP hasn’t changed once since. Wondering if that’s just the environment now or specific to my protocol change. Any readers’ experiences?

Interesting parallel with the Havana syndrome guy unveiled by 60 Minutes. A Russian spy, attached to a mysterious division of the FSB, living under cover as a chef who goes on reality shows.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JdPSD1SUYCY&pp=ygURNjAgbWludXRlcyBoYXZhbmE%3D (7:20)

Comparing apples and oranges here: the case at hand was prosecuted by the Swiss; the one you linked was adjudicated in the UK.

Porn has too much influence and control in terms of content.

Would you expand on this? I’m interested to know what’s being referred to.

If there are no TOS though, wouldn’t OP be in the clear? I was an intern at a state capitol a couple years and while we had secured user/print/PSK networks, the public network was just an unprotected SSID without a captive portal - you just join.

I didn’t think about it at the time, but it seems wild to have that setup in 2024. Piqued, I just looked it up and unless they’ve added a captive portal with a TOS to agree to, it looks like this is the only governing statement:

Wireless Internet access is provided for the public at the Connecticut General Assembly (CGA) campus. This includes the State Capitol Building, the Legislative Office Building (LOB), and the Old State House (OSH). This wireless service is protected by virus and malware protection systems. Objectionable advertising, pornography, spyware, viruses, and other inappropriate content is blocked. To utilize the Internet, simply connect your device to the CGA_Guest wireless network.

It reads to me like In that increasingly rare scenario that a raspberry pi advertising an exit node isn’t considered different from Joe’s laptop or Jane’s phone.