Martin Varsavsky strikes again…

“We know their identity confirmed by payment details such as credit card or phone number. We comply with all requirements of the UK Telco Regulation and collaborate with authorities if requested to identify copyright infringement cases. Just like other hotspot operators.”

UK to forbid Open WiFi – FON can help.

Read that again. He’s just said that he’ll hand over the logs of your Fon to the government on request.

A few questions…

  • Under what conditions will you hand over my logs?
  • If I’m in a log when you hand it over the government. Will you tell me?
  • Do I have a right of appeal?
  • Will you hand over my credit card information?
  • Will you give over my logs to a foreign government?

My Fon just got placed in a box this afternoon. It’s still not stable. This news means that it’ll probably never leave the box again.