Unsecured wide open WiFi = jail time for moochers?

please call me after the conviction

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by mm
please call me after the conviction

I dunno if that guy will get convicted. The guy wasn\'t trespassing. The network was broadcasting and he was on a public road using their signal which he did not hack into. It was wide open.

This isn\'t the same as an unlocked door. Apples and oranges. Baby monitors have picked up cordless phone converstations before and those listening weren\'t arrested or fined. I think the FCC even has statements like that on their products.

Anyway...be sure to visit me in jail. You can be my jail bitch.

he was wardriving....

not like he was in his apartment and just stumbled upon his neighor\'s SSID by accident

again, he was driving around, MALICIOUSLY looking for unsecured networks

[GmanJoe]

The thing is, it\'s broadcasting. It\'s unsecured. He didn\'t hack. He had intent to find free internet. He got it.

He can get it from a coffee shop. Would he go to jail? The laws on this is still unclear. It\'s still open for interpretation. I bet you he\'ll walk.

coffee shop\'s are intentionally open, and most of the newer (smarter) ones are using tokens so people cant leech free internet without actually buying anything

this moron was purposely sniffing people\'s SSID\'s from out in the street looking for data, therefore illegal.  a soon to be form of burglary

who\'s to say he wasn\'t looking for CC numbers, or other personal information.  what if he was running snort or etherpeek?

[Living-In-Clip]

If you want a WiFi connection, be smart enough to secure it. Otherwise, expect someone to abuse it eventually. Common sense. It is like leaving your keys in the car, with the door open, in the middle of the city... Eventually, someone will take it.

Common sense will go a long way. Not saying he shouldn\'t be convicted, just saying that people are idiots.

So this means I probably shouldn\'t be using the neighbors connection....

probably means you should cover your tracks

I\'ll be gone in a couple months

expo facto?

[MPTheory]

shit, you can sit your car right in front of my house and use my unsecure connection to download all the porn you want. And if mine is down for some reason, use the neigbors!

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by MPTheory
shit, you can sit your car right in front of my house and use my unsecure connection to download all the porn you want. And if mine is down for some reason, use the neigbors!

And here\'s where it can get complicated. What if the guy "wardriving" picked up someone elses signal and not someone else who\'s not so tolerant of them.

I\'m curious to see how the court hearing goes on this.

[Living-In-Clip]

Originally posted by GmanJoe
And here\'s where it can get complicated. What if the guy "wardriving" picked up someone elses signal and not someone else who\'s not so tolerant of them.

I\'m curious to see how the court hearing goes on this.

It\'s America, we are all blood thirsty bastards. I hope they give him the chair. It\'s only fair with what\'s all goin\' on in Iraq and all!

/end Uni mode.

[GmanJoe]

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
It\'s America, we are all blood thirsty bastards. I hope they give him the chair. It\'s only fair with what\'s all goin\' on in Iraq and all!

/end Uni mode.

*snicker*

He\'s actually gonna argue with you. You baiting bastard.