Alex Pilosov wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, jh wrote:
Kevin M. Agard wrote:
I believe the answer to your question is yes, it is illegal.
You were saying? :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggybacking_(internet_access)
See "United States" section. There are charges and convictions.
I had no ide
On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, jh wrote:
> Kevin M. Agard wrote:
> > I believe the answer to your question is yes, it is illegal.
>
> The question, actually, was: "is there any case law, convictions, or
> anything indicating that this is illegal in any manner?"
>
> IANAL suppositions, while I tend to agre
Kevin M. Agard wrote:
I believe the answer to your question is yes, it is illegal.
The question, actually, was: "is there any case law, convictions, or
anything indicating that this is illegal in any manner?"
IANAL suppositions, while I tend to agree, are not entirely helpful.
The laws that
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 12:08:23AM -0500, Alex Pilosov wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Jan 2008, Kevin M. Agard wrote:
>
> > > If I leech bandwidth via Wi-Fi entering my home, and the AP is totally
> > > in the clear (i.e., SSID of "linksys" ;) ), is there any case law,
> > > convictions, or anything indicatin
On Tue, 1 Jan 2008, Kevin M. Agard wrote:
> > If I leech bandwidth via Wi-Fi entering my home, and the AP is totally
> > in the clear (i.e., SSID of "linksys" ;) ), is there any case law,
> > convictions, or anything indicating that this is illegal in any
> > manner?
^
SSID of "linksys" does
I believe the answer to your question is yes, it is illegal.
Basically the laws here make the unauthorized access of a computer or
computer network illegal. While you may not access or attempt to access
the host network's computer(s), you are undeniably accessing the network.
So, even if the
I really can't seem to find anything definitive, and I'm hoping that
someone can answer this:
If I leech bandwidth via Wi-Fi entering my home, and the AP is totally
in the clear (i.e., SSID of "linksys" ;) ), is there any case law,
convictions, or anything indicating that this is illegal in an
