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:	post by norwellbob at 2005-07-12 13:26:33

I agree with the basis of your argument, but my point is, this is on a plane, not your house. The broadband access on the plane is not "yours".

If you use Starbucks' wireless LAN, they have a right to watch what you're doing... it's their network backbone. Just like where I work... I can monitor what everybody on my network is doing (I'm the IT guy here). It's almost incumbent upon me to do so, to ensure that people aren't giving away company secrets or proprietary information, exposing our network to malware and virii, or surfing porn which could land us in a nasty litigation. The employees have no real "right" to privacy on our network, although I allow them a fair amount of it (I don't snoop unnecessarily). It's in the company handbook that we possess the capability to monitor network usage, so if employees don't like it, tough luck.

If the FAA decides that it's in the best interest of their "parent company" (US Gov't), the airlines, and their "customers" (we the People) to monitor communications provided by an entity that is under their jurisdiction, then I have no problem with it. I don't want them to see what I'm doing online? OK, I won't use my laptop on an airplane. That's a privelige, not a right. Again, it's not "my" broadband.

So, you see, it's not exactly black and white... there's plenty of grey in there.

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