* Marriott was fined 600,000USD by the FCC for actively blocking wi-fi signals that was 100%, absolutely, utterly and totally against the law in every way, shape, and form[1].
* They tried to argue that they were protecting people from "...rogue wireless hotspots that can cause degraded service, insidious cyber-attacks and identity theft..."
* FCC reminded them "it's the law. do it, or you will get fined again"
* CEO writes a "When the 'Right Thing’ Is the Wrong Approach..." post on linkedin, of all places in the universe to put it.
Anyway, for those following along at home: company breaks law, whines, gets threatened with another fine to go along with the first one, tries to spin it like they care about security.
meh.
[1] technically, a Faraday Cage will block all wi-fi signals as well. There's the whole "wrap the entire building in wire mesh" to do, but yeah. That will work[2]
[2] don't forget the windows! If you have open windows, wi-fi signals will escape through that, too.
Basically, what happened here...
* Marriott was fined 600,000USD by the FCC for actively blocking wi-fi signals that was 100%, absolutely, utterly and totally against the law in every way, shape, and form[1].
* They tried to argue that they were protecting people from "...rogue wireless hotspots that can cause degraded service, insidious cyber-attacks and identity theft..."
* FCC reminded them "it's the law. do it, or you will get fined again"
* CEO writes a "When the 'Right Thing’ Is the Wrong Approach..." post on linkedin, of all places in the universe to put it.
Anyway, for those following along at home: company breaks law, whines, gets threatened with another fine to go along with the first one, tries to spin it like they care about security.
meh.
[1] technically, a Faraday Cage will block all wi-fi signals as well. There's the whole "wrap the entire building in wire mesh" to do, but yeah. That will work[2]
[2] don't forget the windows! If you have open windows, wi-fi signals will escape through that, too.