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<17bc1dd7c9d7d04f$139926$2218499$46d50c60@news.newsdemon.com>,
 moviePig <never@nothere.com> wrote:

> On 3/12/2024 3:07 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> > In article <etg0vi500jelb00ghvu1o1n46i6e2mkq3v@4ax.com>,
> >   shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:

> >> Again this is being discussed for what someone might do and not what
> >> they actually have done? At least so far as I know when such
> >> restrictions on people using the Internet in the USA it has been in
> >> reaction to things that they've actually done like with Kevin Mitnick.
> > 
> > I've never understood how you can sentence someone to no internet use in
> > today's world anyway. You use the internet in a million different ways
> > every day.
> > 
> > How could you do any banking at all? Even in-person banking at an ATM
> > uses the internet. Or pay for something with a credit/debit card? Again,
> > that's using the internet.
> > 
> > When you get on an elevator in an office building, you're using the
> > internet because the elevator is connected to the building's remote
> > management system and uses the internet to control things like elevators
> > from some remote location.
> > 
> > Driving a car uses the internet. Most modern cars have dozens of
> > internet-enabled features, especially the fancier ones that can
> > 'self-drive'.
> > 
> > Even simply watching TV now is using the internet. Not just streaming,
> > either. Watching cable TV is using the internet also.
> > 
> > Anyone sentenced to no internet use as a condition of parole will likely
> > violate it before they leave the courthouse.
> 
> That's like saying you use nuclear power if you get a suntan.

No, it's not really like saying that at all.