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Originally posted by paran0id
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If anyone has any other questions or vague issues to ask about, post them here and I will try to present them to him if he replies.
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I've done a little bit of research on the legalities of "stumbling", as I have a vested interest. And sufficed to say, federal laws are a little vague - in reference to WLAN discovery. But the biggie is how the laws may vary from state to state, which I haven't started at detail yet.
When I get into the office, I will post the title and sections of federal law, regarding wire tapping and illegal computer access, but, technically, the moment you snag an IP address and are "attached" to a network, you're breaking the law. Consequently, if you go any further by, say, mapping, hacking, packet capturing - with the intent of extorting the operatiors OR selling info that you've captured to a third party, you're breaking at least 9 laws and could be served for comitting a felony. Surfing the net with someone elses wavz is also a major no-no. To digress for a second, had the company that Steve Ballmer (of MS) been on the ball, they could have nailed him to the wall for tresspassing and illegal use of their wavz. But, no, he "got away with it".
I'm not a lawyer (nor do I play one on TV) but, everybody I've checked with (list too long to type) says that while stumbling isn't exactly "illegal", doing anything on someone elses dime - without their explicit concent most definately IS.
By the way, they've been aware "stumbling" and WLAN discovery a little longer than the date on the email implies.
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