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.'"

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Dupe should be

[Arthur B.]

a third degree felony...

again?

[pilot1]

this poor bejamin guy is going to be in jail for quite a long time with all the arrests he's been getting lately.

Re:again?

[Spackler]

this poor bejamin guy is going to be in jail for quite a long time with all the arrests he's been getting lately.

(hey, it worked for the story. I can almost smell the Karma)

New Slashdot Poll:

[geeber]

There should be a new poll:

Slashdot editor responsible for the most dupes:

(a) Commander Taco
(b) Zonk
(c) write-in candidate
(d) CowboyNeal

Re:New Slashdot Poll:

[FrostedWheat]

Shouldn't that be:

(a) Commander Taco
(b) Zonk
(c) write-in candidate
(d) CowboyNeal
(e) Zonk

Re:New Slashdot Poll:

[Anonymous Custard]

More like:

(a) CmdrTaco
(b) Zonk
(c) write-in candidate
(b) Zonk
(d) CmdrTaco
(e) CowboyNeal

The real article

[slapout]

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.'"

Zonk!

[Excelsior]

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.