I was reading this post by Tony Hung about a 17 year old kid in Singapore being charged and now convicted for using someone else’s Internet bandwidth without permission!
The interesting thing about this was that he wasn’t caught and convicted because he was using someone else’s bandwidth to download porn or music or maybe hacking but he was cought for….. wait for it……………….CHATTING! Argh! All I can say is poor kid. So he got slapped with an 18 month probation without any Internet.. and is sent to seek treatment for his addiction to Internet gaming. (and they have global competition for these games mind you…) Adding to what he said in the blog.. about free wi-fi access are available in places like Changi airport and even McDonalds in almost all over the country/island. Shouldn’t the law just stick to crimes with the Internet to something more serious like hacking and the downloading of child pornography..
I read an article once in Singapore where two kids got done for exchanging music with each-other, and they were friends.. It was simply one guy sending Mp3 songs to another friend and because of that the police went into their homes and confiscated their computers. And mind you as a girl growing up in Singapore, I and many other girls I know have had encounters with sex maniacs hounding girls on the phone and being molested in trains and buses, or even animal abusers… I mean why can’t they focus a little more on these freaks walking out on the streets then some teens stealing someones broadband. Which by the way is not the kids fault, its the fault of the people that own the bandwidth. If they smart enough to have wireless Internet at home can’t they learn to put security on it??
The more technologically advanced we get in Singapore the more likely we’re doing something illegal and not knowing it.
Would love to hear your thoughts on this.
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