No one has yet to show me the specific language in a specific bill that makes this a crime unless one then commits a malicious act. As an aside, when I sit on my deck, on my own property, my laptop might connect to one of 4 different networks, only one of which is mine. I am aware of this but a less computer literate user would not be, and you know it happens all the time. Laws that would make this a crime, if they even exist at all right now, will never pass the test of time. The only answer that will hold up is to make the owner of a network responsible for its security.
-- James Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED] AirPower Information Services www.airpower.com Stop SPAM dead in its tracks. It worked for us! http://spamarrest.com/affl?392504 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 10:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Confessions of a War Driver > > > > > Jim Henry wrote: > > > I disagree with thew author of that article in that it is > not a crime to > > just connect to an unsecured wireless network (in the > U.S.A. anyway) if you > > do not use the connection in a malicious way. If I'm > mistaken I'd sure like > > to see the specific section of the law being violated. > > Many States have Computer Crime Laws on the books that make > it a crime to > connect to unsecured networks. > Play if you want to but you will end up a guest of the "Gray > Bar" hotel. I'm > seeing more and more requests for RF Engineers to track these > guys down using RF > finger printing. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > War driver pleads guilty in Lowes WiFi hacks > By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus Jun 4 2004 1:04PM > > The remaining defendant, 23-year-old Paul Timmins, is > scheduled for arraignment > on June 28th. In 2000, as a juvenile, Salcedo was one of the > first to be > charged under Michigan's state computer crime law, for > allegedly hacking a local > ISP. According to statements provided by Timmins and Botbyl > following their > arrest, as recounted in an FBI affidavit filed in the case, > the pair first > stumbled across an unsecured wireless network at the > Southfield, Michigan Lowe's > last spring, while "driving around with laptop computers > looking for wireless > Internet connections," i.e., wardriving. The two said they > did nothing malicious > with the network at that time. > > http://www.securityfocus.com/news/8835 > > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.712 / Virus Database: 468 - Release Date: 6/27/2004 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.712 / Virus Database: 468 - Release Date: 6/27/2004 -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
