Government-Mandated Record Keeping Causes Pandemonium

The Federal Government is proposing a bill that will require everyone operating a DHCP-based server or routing system to maintain logs of every IP address that is assigned from their particular access points. AP owners that will be affected will include everyone; Businesses, Government Agencies, individuals even. No matter what the case (WEP, WPA, WPA2, Encryption, MAC Filtering, etc) these persons will be required to keep logs of each IP for the purpose of "assisting police investigations".

Why? How are you going to prove that any one person was using any one IP address? There's no face tied to this IP, there's not even a name in most cases. Concrete proof of usage would be impossible to obtain even with this system in place. Even if this system could prove usage by any one person, is this a practical system? How many billions, trillions of IP addresses are going to have to be logged only to "assist" in only a handful of cases each year?

Another issue facing this problem is un-permitted access. Even if someone sets up a WPA key or equivalent security, there are always ways of cracking them. Those that do crack the keys would not be permitted to access the network, and often fly under the radar to the owner. How can the owner possibly be aware of every single user on their device at any one time given this information?

All of this, of coure, is being sold under the umbrella of protecting kids on the internet. Here's an idea: Children are minors, therefore they have limited rights. Less kids on the internet means less kids being molested and killed. Just as parents should teach their kids not to talk to strangers IRL they should teach their kids not to talk to bigdaddychildrapist09 on the internet. Take kids off of the internet, spare me the paperwork, and stop holding me accountable for your shitty parenting job, please.