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Re:Show HN: Wifis.org - making WiFi networks 'social' by killerpopiller on Monday December 17, 2012 @01:02PM (#4933429)
this is a very bad idea! Since the concept of "Störerhaftung" got introduced (interferer accountability), the account holder will be held liable for copyright infringement.

This is not hyptothetical. It happened to a friend of mine, she has to pay around 1500€ I think.

Re:Show HN: Wifis.org - making WiFi networks 'social' by xur17 on Monday December 17, 2012 @04:46PM (#4934574)
I really wish some service (such as Fon) would provide a vpn service that I could setup and automatically route all guest traffic through. This way Fon could establish themselves as an ISP, and be protected legally (common carrier), and I wouldn't have to worry about what people are doing with my wifi.

I've also though about setting up a guest network that routes over Tor. This way none of the traffic could be traced back to me.

Basically, I would love to provide free wifi for neighbors to use that is limited to a few mbps, but I don't want to have to deal with the legal risks associated with this.