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Wardriver Charged with Theft of Communications

Posted by michael on from the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction dept.

BiggsTheCat writes "A number of news sources are reporting that a Toronto man is the first to be charged with "theft of communications" (Canadian Criminal Code S. 342.1) for downloading child pornography using someone else's residential wireless network. The "War Driver" was caught naked from the waist down driving the wrong way down a one-way street, with a laptop in hand. The Edmonton Sun warns that 'War Driving ... is becoming more and more common among perverts trying to avoid online detection'. Yeah."

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  1. Re:Well by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You Sir are a genius : you manage to tack on a completely unrelated story a lame Mac/PC flamebait. Bravo ...

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  2. Free Wireless == Terrorist Pedophilia! by Saeger · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    For the sake of the children, we should let the big telcos and the WISPs regulate and monetize this budding "community" wireless infrastructure. Also, Cisco should be the only government sanctioned monopoly allowed to manufacture SECURE DRM AccessPoints, so that subversives can be logged and censored at the router.

    Vote YES for the Wireless Terrorist Prevention Act!

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  3. Re:Its was *open* for use by smkndrkn · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Yeah and some people who own open markets give away free apples. Why should I assume that taking one every now and then is not OK? Afterall they didn't secure the apples within the store.... be serious.

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