content: Didn't read the article?  It's ok.  I do that to.. often. Basically you can nmap them.  That is something you should be able to do anyway but nmapping has recently been restricted.  So the bill would open it up again to allow that. You may also be able to actually get content out of those ports as well.  Basically it's saying if someone commits a crime against you, you can try to get their information to get them arrested, something which in the physical world would be obvious.