Comment on Has ethernet become illegitimate? A librarian flipped out after spotting me using ethernet
coffeeClean@infosec.pub 7 months agoThat’s not equal access. Everyone has equal access to the PCs, but not everyone has equal access to BYoD internet service.
Is someone claiming we only need PC access? If so, then you won’t mind if we scrap wifi altogether, right? BYoD internet service enables people to keep a data store with them which then connects periodically. That’s a different public service for difference purposes than a shared PC where your data does not persist.
red@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
You can’t claim shit about equality for all and access without materials, when discussing byod. Make up your mind.
Everyone has access, byod is covered for 99% as extra convenience.
You aren’t being treated poorly, instead, you have unreasonable expectations. You need to adjust those. You are not a victim, nor were you rights violated.
You tried to circumvent security when the computer room was closed.
The librarians education most likely doesn’t cover anything more than turning things off and on, he/she isn’t likely to understand what you were doing, and the equipment isn’t maintained by the librarians - it’s simply located there.
coffeeClean@infosec.pub 7 months ago
There is PC access, and then there is byod access. It’s a false dichotomy to demand choosing one or the other, and harmful to people’s rights if you simultaneously argue that one replaces the other. They are different services for different purposes. Don’t let the fact that some tasks can be achieved with both services cause you to lose sight of the fact that some use-cases cannot.
Everyone has PC access. Not everyone has BYoD WAN service.
It’s not just convenience. It’s controlling your own applications. If the public PC doesn’t have a screen reader and you are blind, the PC is no good to you and you are better served with BYoD service.
This remains to be supported. I do not believe it’s reasonable to only serve people with phones. Thus I consider it a reasonable expectation that people without a subscribed mobile phone still get BYoD WAN service.
The PCs will not execute apps that you bring on a USB stick. Also some library branches disallow USB sticks entirely.
red@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
You don’t have to believe it - everyone still knows you are. Time to wake up to reality.
coffeeClean@infosec.pub 7 months ago
That’s not reality. The reality is everyone has partial access, and some people have full access.
It’s not free. We paid tax to finance this. The moment you call it free you accept maladministration.
You’re confusing the private sector with the public sector. In the private sector, indeed you simply don’t use the service and that’s a fair enough remedy. Financing public service is not optional. You still seem to not grasp how human rights works, who it protects, despite the simplicity of the language of Article 21.