No. Peering into the window of someone's private home is definitely illegal. Listening to the radio isn't.
Now if someone put a camera in their own bedroom, then mounted an 16-foot screen in their front yard so the neighborhood could watch while they undressed, then it'd kinda be the same. :) ray On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Dustin Puryear wrote: > Or is it like staring into someone's window if the curtains are pulled back > slightly? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Melancon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 10:32 AM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] kismet vs. prismstumbler > > > > It's not illegal, it's just like using a police scanner. All you are > > doing is seeing whats out there. Now if you start connecting to these > > networks, then yes it's illegal. Just like if you were to pickup a > > radio and start talking on a police frequency. > > > > > > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:25:25 -0600 (CST), -ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> How can driving around with a radio listening to unlicensed frequencies > >> ever be illegal? > >> > >> ray > >> > >> > >> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Andrew Baudouin wrote: > >> > >> > Does anyone know if wardriving is legal in Baton Rouge? Have we > >> > caught up to the tech centers in "illegalizing" it? > >> > > >> > > >> > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:18:33 -0600, Banker, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > wrote: > >> > > A friend of mine (bigez) from way back used kismet/gpsdrive to log > >> > > quite a > >> > > few aps on wigle.net. He was a big slack fan. > >> > > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> General mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >> > > > > > > -- > > Adam Melancon > > Work: http://www.vermilion.lib.la.us > > Personal: http://www.melancon.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
