Man Arrested for Using Open Wireless Network

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."

Comments

Re:Yeah...

[westlake]

So let's arrest the people who do that, too. Hell, let's give the death penalty for all crimes, even the smallest misdemeanors!

explain to me again why a geek caught with his hand in the cookie jar should be rewarded with a "get out of jail free" card.

Re:Open doors

[lgw]

he can claim ignorance like the lady who burned herself on McDonald's coffee and got a million in settlement.

You mean the lady who had 3rd degree burns over a significant portion of her body, requiring tens of thousands of dollars of medical care, *only* because McDonalds knowingly served coffee at a temperature which violated local health retrictions, despite repeated warnings. That lady? Who only sued after McDonalds refused to pay her medical expenses after injuring her through willful and deliberate disregard for the safety of its customers?

Who they should really sue is the person who left the network unsecured as it is they who agreed to some ULA saying they couldn't share the connection.

Yeah, it's the rape victim's fault for dressing like that, she had it coming! An open door is *not* an invitation, no matter how much you might want what's inside.