I cannot wait to be arrested for using public wifi offered by my
neighbor. If my neighbors were to put a bowl of candy on table on the
sidewalk in front of their bldg I would eat them. I am pretty sure I
cannot get arrested for that. So I can only assume that taking candy
from a virtual bowl is just as legal. I cannot wait to explain to my
lawyer that 802.11 uses a beacon frame that advertises the presence of
public wlan service. Which is the equivalent of putting a sign in front
of the bowl of candy that says "eat me". Until people start setting the
correct bit in the beacon frame that says the equivalent of "Don't eat
me". I am going to keep *legally* eating. Of course most of the time I
am the one putting out the bowl of candy. So in case your interested,
yes you can have some.
- Dustin -
Laura Forlano wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4721723.stm
A recent court case, which saw a West London man fined
£500 and sentenced to 12 months' conditional discharge
for hijacking a wireless broadband connection, has
repercussions for almost every user of wi-fi networks
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