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Florida Man Charged For Stealing Wi-Fi
baldass_newbie writes "The Saint Pete Times has a story about Benjamin Smith III who was arrested for stealing a wi-fi signal in Saint Petersburg, Florida, where apparently wardriving is considered a third degree felony." From the article: "...xperts believe there are scores of incidents occurring undetected, sometimes to frightening effect. People have used the cloak of wireless to traffic in child pornography, steal credit card information and send death threats, according to authorities. For as worrisome as it seems, wireless mooching is easily preventable by turning on encryption or requiring passwords. The problem, security experts say, is many people do not take the time or are unsure how to secure their wireless access from intruders. Dinon knew what to do. 'But I never did it because my neighbors are older.'"
a third degree felony...
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this poor bejamin guy is going to be in jail for quite a long time with all the arrests he's been getting lately.
Zonk fails it again...
But don't get us wrong, we still love you, Zonk.
...we are living in the Matrix.
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There should be a new poll:
Slashdot editor responsible for the most dupes:
(a) Commander Taco
(b) Zonk
(c) write-in candidate
(d) CowboyNeal
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"The Chevy Blazer was still there, the man furtively hunched over his computer." Well lets give this guy the stupid award for getting caught. Seems he wasn't so furtive after all? -----3 106011
Since this is a duplicate article, I will just post a link on how to secure your wifi on the road.... http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/
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But I never did it because my neighbors are older
So after Security through obscurity and Security through openness: Security through youthfulness?
The grass is always greener on the other side of the light cone.
from the please-read-your-own-website dept.
annoyed_reader writes "The Pete Rose Times has a story about baldass_newbie who was arrested for stealing Slashdot articles via wi-fi signals. Experts believe that there are scores of incidents of stealing slashdot articles. People have used the cloak of wireless to take old slashdot stories and resubmit them. Sometimes they use multiple aliases. The problem, experts say, is that slashdot editors do not take the time or are unsure how to check for duplicate story posts. Slashdot editor Zonk knew what to do. 'But I never did it because I was busy playing The Sims.'"
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Its like a fraternity initiation. Once he gets to a dozen dupes, Taco spanks him with a paddle and he gets to be a full-fledged Slashdot editor.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
It's not an *exact* dupe of THIS ONE you idiots. See, the old article was in Hardware, where as this one is in YRO. Completely different...
You create your own reality - Leave mine to me.
I used to play this game called Zork. Every time you walked into a room, you were presented the same description. It got very repetitive. Playing Zonk is apparently very similar.
Zonk, read the damn site, or quit as an editor.
I particularly enjoy seeing all the "dupe!" comments and jokes being moderated as -1, Redundant. Slashdot is certainly an Irony Free Zone.
Speak truth to power.
from thomas.loc.gov
"...nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb..."
Same person, same offence, 2 times. Sounds like a clear cut violation to me. This guy's lawyer should be all over this.
Hooptie
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Your post was a dupe of the previous 15 posts, providing once again that you don't even take a passing interest in the site.
Examine the two articles more closely (read beyond the titles). Both of them reference the EXACT SAME ARTICLE in the St. Petersburg Times.
This isn't merely a dupe...it's the Platonic Ideal of the concept of 'dupe'.
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Crosses fingers and eagerly waits for "story accepted" confirmation...
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I think he should be made to give back all the wi-fi packets he stole. And the court should examine them carefully to make sure that they're the same ones, so he can't get away with just giving the rightful owner any old packets he happens to have lying around.