French Ministry of Interior wants to ban open wifi, Tor
by Cory Doctorow from on (#WXT1)
A leaked memo from the Ministry sets out new bills it would like to see introduced into the French Parliament as early as next month, setting out an ambitious plan to block privacy tools, something only technically possible by recreating China's Great Firewall in a European democracy, spying on all networked activity to prevent the use of Tor. (more")