It is always amazing to me how folks quote the law like they know it and it is absolute... If someone were a little interested they could look up the section of the US Code that is quoted below by the last contributor. I did and you can find it here: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2511.html. It can be summarized by reading this particular section:
2. (g) It shall not be unlawful under this chapter or chapter 121 of this title for any person - (i) to intercept or access an electronic communication made through an electronic communication system that is configured so that such electronic communication is readily accessible to the general public; 1st of all this chapter is really aimed at intercepting phone calls but the above chapter makes it pretty clear that if left open to the general public, it is not illegal. Thanks, ==================== Bruce Ehlers [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 8:22 AM Subject: [nycwireless] Re: Confessions of a War Driver Daniel Thor Kristjansson wrote: > It may be illegal in some places, it may not. Depends on how good > your > > lawyer is and how wasteful of taxpayer money our prosecutor is. Where in the US is it not illegal? See- 2001 PATRIOT Act and 18 U.S.C. �2511 > > > -- Daniel From-National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) "Unfortunately, tales of consultants who are prosecuted criminally or civilly for informing authorities of vulnerabilities are common. A recent cases is that of Stefan Puffer, a computer security analyst who was indicted after demonstrating to the Harris County, Texas District Clerk's office that ITS wireless computer network was vulnerable to unauthorized users. See "County Cuts Off Computer Network", Houston Chronicle, by Steve Brewer, March 21, 2002, available at http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/topstory/1302663#top. See also, "Ethical Hacker Faces War Driving Charges", The Register, by John Leyden, July 26, 2002, available at http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/tech/news/1507766. Many computer security practitioners fearfully view this prosecution as a case of shooting the messenger." Here we have someone HELPING the auth. and they still locked him up. If you have not noticed the Feds are even more agressive, let me know if your "open lawn, lawn for rent" defense works with them. I will wait right here.......... -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
