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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. Disquiet by SimianOverlord · · Score: -1, Troll

    What was a priest doing with the Internet in the back alley that he couldn't do in the open in the public library? I have a vague sense of disquiet when I see seemingly reputable people like teachers and priests take too much interest in dangerous technology like the Internet. Perhaps it's simply prejudice on my part, but as a father of two small boys, I am a bit overprotective when it comes to things like this.

    --
    Meine Schwester ist sehr, sehr reizvoll - Nietzsche
  2. SOOOO going to Hell! by octaene · · Score: -1, Troll

    WTF was a priest doing stealing network access anyway??? /didn't RTA

  3. A priest.... by /dev/trash · · Score: 0, Troll

    But in what religion? And he's ANti-Bush. So it's a conspiracy.