[X4U] Man arrested for using Open Wireless network (was Re: Wireless "theft" )

Judi Sohn momathome at gmail.com
Thu Jul 7 03:25:51 PDT 2005


On 7/7/05, keithw <keith_w at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> Timothy Luoma wrote:
> 
> >
> > http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/04/State/Wi_Fi_cloaks_a_new_br.shtml
> >
> > Man arrested for using open wireless
> 
> To be a bit more precise or to put it more accurately, he wasn't
> arrested for USING an open wireless computer setup, he was arrested for
> hacking into someone else's wireless system! 

But the guy said that he knew about security, but didn't use it. How
is it "hacking" into someone else's wireless system to click a
"connect" button?

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