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Title: Man Charged With Stealing Wi-Fi Signal
Source: yahoo! News
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=sto ... n_hi_te/techbits_wi_fi_theft_1
Published: Jul 7, 2005
Author: n/a
Post Date: 2005-07-07 13:23:49 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
Keywords: Stealing, Charged, Signal
Views: 40
Comments: 2

Man Charged With Stealing Wi-Fi Signal

Wed Jul 6, 8:15 PM ET

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Police have arrested a man for using someone else's wireless Internet network in one of the first criminal cases involving this fairly common practice.

Benjamin Smith III, 41, faces a pretrial hearing this month following his April arrest on charges of unauthorized access to a computer network, a third-degree felony.

Police say Smith admitted using the Wi-Fi signal from the home of Richard Dinon, who had noticed Smith sitting in an SUV outside Dinon's house using a laptop computer.

The practice is so new that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement doesn't even keep statistics, according to the St. Petersburg Times, which reported Smith's arrest this week.

Innocuous use of other people's unsecured Wi-Fi networks is common, though experts say that plenty of illegal use also goes undetected: such as people sneaking on others' networks to traffic in child pornography, steal credit card information and send death threats.

Security experts say people can prevent such access by turning on encryption or requiring passwords, but few bother or are unsure how to do so.

Wi-Fi, short for Wireless Fidelity, has enjoyed prolific growth since 2000. Millions of households have set up wireless home networks that give people like Dinon the ability to use the Web from their backyards but also reach the house next door or down the street.

It's not clear why Smith was using Dinon's network. Prosecutors declined to comment, and a working phone number could not be located for Smith.

Poster Comment:

For crying out loud! If they don't want people using their wireless access point, then put some access control on it! Otherwise, it is no different than the free hotspots offered by cities and businesses.

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#1. To: Mr Nuke Buzzcut (#0)

Police say Smith admitted using the Wi-Fi signal

What a dork, he belongs in jail for being stupid.

In the immortal words of Richard Nixon:

"Admit nothing, deny everything, demand proof"

Yez, Baaz!

Flintlock  posted on  2005-07-07   14:13:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

They can't control the airwaves and it drives them crazy.

War is just a racket. Major General Smedley Butler, USMC; 1933

robin  posted on  2005-07-07   20:37:53 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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