So many holes, it could be cheese.
So, if each person must be identifiable, then where is the authentication realm to authenticate against and what do you do once they have authenticated - presumably you would need a full firewall log of everything they touched - so you can refer to it later when the claim comes in.?
Which in turn needs time sync and a bunch of storage, etc, etc, etc.
Would we have to run a set of ID's we trust, or is some pan-European authentication platform being formed to support this - given the mobility of people around the world.
My next bets are :
1. Someone hosting a WiFi hot spot with authentication will end up in trouble for discrimination, by not allowing the one-legged gender neutral slightly off-colour (pick a skin tone) person access.
I'm left wondering how this fits into other things we know, such as :
1. The European rights to privacy
2. The UK principles that the "Internet is a right" (like gas and electric).
3. The calls in Italy recently when the earth quake hit - to open up Wireless hot spots to help the rescue efforts.
Like most rules, this doesn't seem very well thought through.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
