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After Paris Attacks, Proposed French Law Would Block Tor and Forbid Free Wi-Fi

posted by cmn32480 on Monday December 07 2015, @10:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the give-me-liberty-or-give-me-death dept.

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From vice.com:

After the recent Paris terror attacks, French law enforcement wants to have several powers added to a proposed law, including the move to forbid and block the use of the Tor anonymity network, according to an internal document from the Ministry of Interior seen by French newspaper Le Monde [Caution: Link in French].

That document talks about two proposed pieces of legislation, one around the state of emergency, and the other concerning counter-terrorism.

Regarding the former, French law enforcement wish to "Forbid free and shared wi-fi connections" during a state of emergency. This comes from a police opinion included in the document: the reason being that it is apparently difficult to track individuals who use public wi-fi networks.

As the latter, law enforcement would like "to block or forbid communications of the Tor network." The legislation, according to Le Monde, could be presented as early as January 2016.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 09 2015, @02:29AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 09 2015, @02:29AM (#273760)

    I've yet to hear an explanation for 9-11 that didn't involve a conspiracy. Do you believe it was the result of careless smoking, or what?