Re: Canada to Start Punishing People for Pre-Crime

On 3/12/2024 3:07 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

In article <etg0vi500jelb00ghvu1o1n46i6e2mkq3v@4ax.com>,
  shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

Again this is being discussed for what someone might do and not what
they actually have done? At least so far as I know when such
restrictions on people using the Internet in the USA it has been in
reaction to things that they've actually done like with Kevin Mitnick.

 
I've never understood how you can sentence someone to no internet use in
today's world anyway. You use the internet in a million different ways
every day.
 
How could you do any banking at all? Even in-person banking at an ATM
uses the internet. Or pay for something with a credit/debit card? Again,
that's using the internet.
 
When you get on an elevator in an office building, you're using the
internet because the elevator is connected to the building's remote
management system and uses the internet to control things like elevators
from some remote location.
 
Driving a car uses the internet. Most modern cars have dozens of
internet-enabled features, especially the fancier ones that can
'self-drive'.
 
Even simply watching TV now is using the internet. Not just streaming,
either. Watching cable TV is using the internet also.
 
Anyone sentenced to no internet use as a condition of parole will likely
violate it before they leave the courthouse.

 
That's like saying you use nuclear power if you get a suntan.