Marking, locating, and designing for public and private wireless internet spaces

Powell, Alison ORCID: 0000-0001-5780-9132, Wong, Matt and Clement, Andrew (2006) Marking, locating, and designing for public and private wireless internet spaces. CRACIN working papers (16). Canadian Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking, Toronto, Canada.

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Abstract

This paper discusses ways of understanding wireless internet signals as either public or private. Considering the Service Set Identifier (SSID) tags that mark wireless networks as potential indicators of either public or private space, the paper reports on empirical findings in two Canadian cities that illuminate the ways that these identifiers are used in practice. These findings are used to propose alternate designs and policies that, instead of defining wireless signals by default as private property, create simple and understandable means by which signals might be shared or communities of use created.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Official URL:	http://archive.iprp.ischool.utoronto.ca/cracin/ind...
Additional Information:	© 2006 The authors
Divisions:	Media and Communications
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General)
Date Deposited:	12 Oct 2010 09:52
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 18:46
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/29463

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