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There's always some sort of reasonable limit that must be imposed. The USPS is a neutral carrier but they're not required to transport dangerous materials or ho
by astrodust 8y ago
There's always some sort of reasonable limit that must be imposed. The USPS is a neutral carrier but they're not required to transport dangerous materials or hostile devices like mail bombs.
Where that line is drawn is where there should be debate. By what definition is something hostile, and so on.
- craftyguy 8y agoGood point. Isn't this already defined though? For example, you cannot shout "fire!" in a crowded courthouse when there is no fire and expect to walk out without any penalties.
- mjevans 8y agoThe USPS does get to require that things are properly labeled and items which are /hazardous/ (such as highly flammable/reactive/etc materials) might require non-generic transport (which is that USPS is supposed to provide). Are you proposing that EM emissions controlled entirely by the transporting party might spontaneously explode based on the content of the data as transcribed by those automated systems?
- astrodust 8y agoI mean just as the USPS will not knowingly transport things like mail bombs, an ISP should be permitted to curtail traffic known to be harmful (e.g. DDOS variety). Obviously the packets themselves won't explode.