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FrizzleFried:
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dstone:
Everyone's a Little Bit Racist:

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: shardian on September 11, 2007, 09:55:31 am ---The whole basis for the legality of using another's wifi is whether it is UNAUTHORIZED or not.

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It is also illegal to walk into someone's open front door.  That is the difference between unlawful entry and breaking and entering.  The door being open is not permission to enter under the law.

shardian:
My argument is just as valid as yours. That's the problem - interpreting a dated law meant for something else to fit a new and ambiguous problem.
IMO, when a wireless access point shows up, identifies itsself, AND tells my computer no identification is needed to enter, then that is AUTHORIZED ACCESS. The USER set up the router, thus authorization is IMPLIED.

ChadTower:

The law already has been tweaked to address this, though.  I'm not saying your interpretation is literally invalid - but the law is not the same as the mechanics of the sitaution.  The law in many places already defines this as unlawful entry.  Specifically. 

Doesn't matter what the technical reality is - the law calls it illegal.  The fact that people are getting arrested for it is a result of that.  It's not a dated law, it's a recent law.

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