Andrew Baudouin wrote: > How can you even correlate mapping open WAPS with the Minix vs Linux debate? > > There isn't and wasn't any doubt that a clean room implementation of a > POSIX kernel wasn't against the law. Not true for wardriving. > >
Oh goodness. I wasn't talking about the legal issue. The question I responded to was Christian's "why map it in the first place?" ie. why drive around and map a bunch of APs you can't legally use? The practical use of doing such a thing may not be apparent right now. And there may not be any practical, legal, use of the information at all. Some folks just find it interesting. Now whether you can legally do wardriving at all -- which was your question -- is still another issue. As others have pointed out, it probably _can't_ be illegal as you are just listening to open, unlicensed radio frequencies. That said, legislatures and municipal bodies may try to pass laws anyway. Private organizations may try to sue folks in civil court for wardriving. The potential expense of fighting those sorts of things certainly gives me pause. A more direct legal parallel could be drawn between wardriving and port scanning. -- Scott Harney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Asking the wrong questions is the leading cause of wrong answers" gpg key fingerprint=7125 0BD3 8EC4 08D7 321D CEE9 F024 7DA6 0BC7 94E5
