I am not a lawyer or apart of law enforcement so I may be wrong. But what I know from hacking laws is that connecting to an AP that is not encrypted or protected may not be illegal. Although if you do connect to an AP that is encrypted without permission; that is considered hacking which is illegal. If you get caught I would imagine you could be sued for stealing resources at the very least or if you try to access other computers on the network connected to the same AP that could be considered hacking for trying to access a computer that is not for public eyes.
So I guess the short answer here is ?I don?t know? ask a technology lawyer. I don?t see anything wrong with borrowing an AP that?s wide open for others as long as you don?t do anything illegal on that persons or companies connection. Maybe that person left the connection wide open for a reason; because they don?t mind the public using it? Or maybe they don?t know how the properly configure WEP? The crazy thing about hotspots though is how do you know this hotspot is for the public? With all of these people and companies setting up free hotspots around town how do you know for sure which one you can legally connect to. Andrew Baudouin wrote: >Does anyone know if wardriving is legal in Baton Rouge? Have we >caught up to the tech centers in "illegalizing" it? > > -- Blake Gardner Phone: 225.248.0035 Fax: 512-692-2666 modiphy <http://www.modiphy.com/> ::. Phenomenal Web Design ?modiHost <http://www.modihost.com/> ::. CRASH TESTED Dummy Approved modiphy.com <http://www.modiphy.com/>
