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  • WiFi High Crimes

    05/04/2004 4:55:14 PM PDT · by FourPeas · 11 replies · 1,069+ views
    SecurityFocus ^ | May 3, 2004 | Mark Rasch
    A local Washington DC television news station wanted to do a WiFi "hack." Their plan was to sit in a local coffee shop (named after the Pequod's first mate) and try to read their neighbors' e-mail or Web browsing. They had a simple question for me: "Is it legal?" This raises a series of questions about how people are -- deliberately or accidentally -- breaking the law with WiFi. In fact, using someone else's wireless signal -- even if only to get Web access -- might constitute a felony. So could reading other people's cleartext communication, or even just putting...