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Busted For Using Library Wi-Fi Outside The Library

Posted by timothy on from the salt-lake-city-burger-king dept.

sevej writes "Keith Shaw, in his weekly column "Wireless Computing Devices" (Network World Fusion), reported on a recent entry in AKMA's Random Thoughts where AKMA was using a public WiFi network outside of a library. A policeman approached him and asked that he only access the Internet from within the Library and hinted that Federal Laws against "signal theft" were applicable. Oh, and btw, we're not talking about a person that looked like your stereotypical 'hacker'; AKMA is an ordained priest."

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  1. Of what by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Of what... the church of Emacs?

    Sorry... had to :-)

  2. Hmm FCC? by Trauma_Hound1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would have asked the officer for his FCC badge.

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  3. Oh great... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now that's just great, now we're slashdotting a priest....

  4. He still looks like a hacker by TheCyko1 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Oh, and btw, we're not talking about a person that looked like your stereotypical 'hacker'; AKMA is an ordained priest."


    He's still got glasses and wears all black. Sounds like probable cause to me.

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  5. Re:Look?? by proj_2501 · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the summary:
    AKMA is an ordained priest.

    From the article:
    "It's a law, sir; if someone comes along and downloads child photography (that wasn't the exact word the officer used) and it goes through their [sc., the access point owner's] connection, that's a violation and we've had cases of that. That's a felony."

    No profiling, my ass.

  6. Re:How did they know? by SimianOverlord · · Score: 5, Funny

    RTFA, fool. The policeman had a wireless laptop which was logged into CIA spy satellites through the library.

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  7. revenge by whimdot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Later the same day the policeman was excommunicated for praying outside his local church.

  8. Re:How did they know? by roadrunnerro · · Score: 3, Funny

    A WiFi-sniffing dog, obviously! I wonder if it does full 802.11a/b/g and if it has upgradable firmware...