[P1] Hot Spots in the U.S.

[George Slusher]

>Okay - Just lighten up a little here! You're scaring the children! ;) 
>There is no law against joining an open wireless network that is not 
>password protected!

I've been reading this thread, and, so far, no participant has said that 
he/she is an attorney. Unless one is an attorney and well-versed in 
cyber-law or one has an attorney's analysis and opinion, it's dangerous 
to make a statement that something is or is not legal. It's also 
problematic in that states may have different laws. (We also have members 
who live in countries other than the US, where cyber-law may be very 
different.) If someone has a reference to a web page that does have a 
definitive legal opinion on the legal issues involved in using someone 
else's wireless network without their permission (or even without their 
knowledge), let's have it. Otherwise, everyone is just giving his or her 
own opinion, which is worth just what we're paying for it. The opinions 
expressed here seem to be more what someone HOPES is true, rather than 
what he/she KNOWS is true.

George Slusher/Eugene, OR
gslusher at rio.com
(not an attorney, either)