Fighting the Tinfoil-Hat Brigade

Courtesy DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Tue, 05/27/2008 - 12:24

The city of Santa Fe, N.M., is finding itself fighting a group that wants the city to ban wireless Internet signals from public buildings, claiming the signals are making them sick.

The group, calling themselves "electro-sensitive," say they are allergic to the waves generated, and say that Santa Fe's attempt to set up wifi hotspots in public buildings would be a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

According to USA Today, the group is led by Arthur Firstenberg. But...

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