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Jailtime For Hotspots
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» michaeldino replied on Fri Jul 8, 2005 @ 10:40am |
 Coolness: 69075 | Florida man charged with felony for stealing wireless Internet signal
Associated Press Friday, July 08, 2005 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Police have arrested a man for using someone else's wireless Internet network in one of the first criminal cases involving this fairly common practice. Benjamin Smith III, 41, faces a pretrial hearing this month following his April arrest on charges of unauthorized access to a computer network, a third-degree felony. Police say Smith admitted using the Wi-Fi signal from the home of Richard Dinon, who had noticed Smith sitting in an SUV outside Dinon's house using a laptop computer. The practice is so new that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement doesn't even keep statistics, according to the St. Petersburg Times, which reported Smith's arrest this week. Innocuous use of other people's unsecured Wi-Fi networks is common. But experts say that illegal use often goes undetected, such as people sneaking on others' networks to traffic in child pornography, steal credit card information and send death threats. Security experts say people can prevent such access by turning on encryption or requiring passwords, but few bother or even know how to do so. Wi-Fi, short for Wireless Fidelity, has enjoyed prolific growth since 2000. Millions of households have set up wireless home networks that allow people to use the web from their backyards but also reach the house next door or down the street. Prosecutors declined to comment, and a working phone number could not be located for Smith. © Associated Press 2005 Orinigal Story at Canada.com |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Fri Jul 8, 2005 @ 11:16am |
 Coolness: 145300 | weirdo |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Fri Jul 8, 2005 @ 11:18am |
 Coolness: 685690 | that's teh lose. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Zz.ee.vV replied on Mon Jul 11, 2005 @ 3:40am |
 Coolness: 194125 | if someone really wanted to set up a hacking operation they wouldnt be sitting in SUVs.. theyd be in comfy places not visible from anywhere, not like theres shortage of thise, and they'd prolly be conferenced up on a 100-ppl conference ip phone coordinating their shit bouncing off a bunch of ppl networks all at once
ah the possibilities for modern cyber-punkin i almost wanna be 16 again  |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Mon Jul 11, 2005 @ 3:53am |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Mon Jul 11, 2005 @ 3:59am |
 Coolness: 92365 | well to get a wireless signal you have to be in range so sitting at home usually won't do the trick. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» El_Presidente replied on Mon Jul 11, 2005 @ 5:26pm |
 Coolness: 299425 | well just sitting at home there is about 6 unprotected netowkrs with good signal around here. its even worse downtown and in student areas |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Tue Jul 12, 2005 @ 4:17am |
| Coolness: 92365 | yeah but most people aren't lucky enough to get any signal in their house. |
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