Michigan man arrested for using cafe's free WiFi from his car

May 22, 2007 23:10

...Under Michigan's "Fraudulent access to computers, computer systems, and computer networks" law, Peterson's actions could result in a five-year felony and a $10,000 fine. However, prosecutors do not plan to throw the book at him, as they don't believe that Peterson was aware he was even breaking the law. Instead, he will pay a $400 fine and do 40 ( Read more... )

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anonymous May 23 2007, 23:34:44 UTC
Bad news for WAR drivers.

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anonymous May 25 2007, 01:23:04 UTC
picking up the SSID war driving and leeching are 2 different things. SSID being broadcast and recieved doesn't constitute accessing the network.

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anonymous May 29 2007, 22:40:16 UTC
Do you have to pick at everything, or can you ever just let it go? I know picking up an SSID and leeching are different. Excuse my not being exact.

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