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Man Arrested for Using Open Wireless Network

Posted by timothy on from the reefer-madness dept.

DaCool42 writes "In Tampa Bay, a man has been arrested for using a wide open WiFi AP. The St. Petersburg Times has the full story. 'It's no different if I went out and bought a Microsoft program and started sharing it with everyone in my apartment. It's theft,' said Kena Lewis, spokeswoman for Bright House Networks in Orlando."

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  1. Bad Example by JoaoPinheiro · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's no different if I went out and bought a Microsoft program and started sharing it with everyone in my apartment.

    I think they picked a bad example there. :P

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    João Pinheiro