Thursday, March 06, 2008

Censorship with your free Wi-Fi?

Ah, another "service" provided by DIA, makes Albuquerque's sound better and better.

Denver International Airport is the biggest in the world to offer free Wi-Fi. But now a Denver newspaper reports that the connection is censored. The airport actually blocks blogs like BoingBoing and other "potentially racy sites."

Here's anther case of unnecessary censorship. I like the fact they are claiming it's catching the "potentially racy sites" which translates to "Oh, somebody might get offended" sites. For a "free" service I'm sure the traveler is going to be charged for through raised airport fees, I think they should have the right to see whatever they want. I guess you still need to bring a book, since all you will be able to do on the internet is check e-mail, until they figure out that people send people "potentially racy" e-mails.


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