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A comment on $718K penalty against M.C. Dean for blocking Wi-Fi devices (2015).

Re:$718K penalty against M.C. Dean for blocking Wi-Fi device... by ac29 on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @02:43AM (#13316448)
I wonder if there was any action taken against the vendor of this equipment, Xirrus. The FCC clearly identifies that this feature was marketed by Xirrus as a "shoot first and ask questions later" aggressive anti-AP technology. There does not appear to be any legal way to use this feature, so hopefully the FCC at least sent them a warning.
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Re:$718K penalty against M.C. Dean for blocking Wi-Fi device... by windowsworkstoo on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @04:43AM (#13316905)
Every enterprise wireless vendor has this ability. Further there are definitely legal ways to use this, if not in the US then certainly elsewhere.
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