Dang I do that quite often when I am on the raod. Usually outside a starbucks - I don’t always buy a coffee when I am doing it. I wonder how many states have that type of law?
You are a parasite! Turn in you laptop immediately!!!!!....../s
Awwright...step away from that Toshiba Satellite Pro and put your hands on the car. You're gonna do some hard-wired time, buddy.
Same here.
I stopped at an Iowa Welcome Center on Interstate 35W and hopped on my girlfriend’s lap top.
In that small area, I had access to three Wi-Fi providers, only one of which was the state of Iowa’s.
I do it all the time too. If I have a doctors appt or something similar I piggyback onto an unsecured line ... usually a residence ... to surf while I wait. Contrary to opinion ... it doesn’t take up much bandwidth. Maybe some day the doctors office will provide free WiFi for patients waiting for up to and even over an hour to see them. And it’s not really stealing cause most lines are the same service that I subscribe to.
The ultimate crime. (sarc/off)
It’s a crime in my state too. I’d venture to say it’s probably a crime in most states, maybe even all of them. We live in a society of laws, way too many laws. Our legislators are always coming up with new ones, and often they are stupid laws pushed by stupid people. You don’t have to pass a test or get any sort of specialized training to be a legislator and write new laws. This particular law probably wasn’t designed to protect against some guy checking his email on an open unprotected wireless connection at a coffeeshop, and a lot of prosecutors probably wouldn’t elect to prosecute in this this type of situation, but then again there are plenty out there that feel that if there is a law on the books they have to enforce it, regardless of whether the conduct was that which the statute was designed to protect against or not. At east they let this guy get into a diversion program and keep the felony conviction off his record. I’ve dealt with some anal prosecutors (and judges) that probably wouldn’t have gone so easy on him. And if a case like this goes to trial, the jury won’t even necessarily be told that the crime is a felony or what the possible punishment would be. They’ll just get their jury instruction and be told that if the State met their burden on the various elements of the crime they must come back with a guilty verdict. This guy was smart to plead.
“Dang I do that quite often when I am on the raod. Usually outside a starbucks - I don’t always buy a coffee when I am doing it. I wonder how many states have that type of law?”
How long until the likes of Orin Hatch will give Starbucks the right to destroy your computer for utilizing an open network?
My husband and I used the Dairy Queen for 10 days while camping. The business was not yet open for the summer but still had its WiFi up and running.
I had no idea that we were breaking the law.
By the way, Mc Donalds has a good WiFi service. A customer can sign up for a few hours, by the month, or by the year, but not all Mc Donalds are hooked up yet. We used it on our cross country camping adventure.
I also sit outside cafe’s when they’re closed; I travel a lot.
This is the high-tech version of “poaching.”
We can’t possibly go after all the illegal wi-fi users, lets just give up on the War on WiFi abusers and go after smokers and women who buy disposal diapers instead.