Get a Virus, No Web for You!
Australia wants to ISPs to require anti-virus software for all users and, if a customer does get infected, they will be booted off the internet until they get their PC fixed. Good idea? Bad idea? What do you think?
Australia wants to ISPs to require anti-virus software for all users and, if a customer does get infected, they will be booted off the internet until they get their PC fixed. Good idea? Bad idea? What do you think?
A new plan floated by the country's House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications suggests that Australia should allow ISPs to mandate anti-virus and firewall protection among their customers. If a customer does get a malware infection, the ISP would be allowed to cut off that customer's connection until the problem was fixed.
