[118653] in Cypherpunks
Re: [Fwd: [Spooks] spooky-ibook?]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Olsen)
Mon Oct 4 22:08:59 1999
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 09:44:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alan Olsen <alan@clueserver.org>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com
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On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Sunder wrote:
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2343332,00.html
>
> September 28, 1999 3:31 PM PT
>
> LONDON -- Researchers from France's National Centre for Scientific
> Research warned in a newsletter last week that French buyers of
> Apple's new iBook notebook computer could be in for a nasty surprise
> if they use the machine's AirPort wireless transmitter for accessing
> the Internet.
> The device uses the same 2.4-GHz wave band reserved by the French
> military, meaning an iBook user surfing the Web near an army unit
> could end up scrambling defense force communications -- and thus risk
> a 29,000-euro ($30,000) fine and six months in jail.
Maybe this is why the iBook is made from bulletproof plastic.
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