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Wireless Hijacker Dealt First UK Punishment

Posted by timothy on from the surely-not-the-last dept.

paella_dodger writes "The BBC is reporting on a recent UK court case whereby a man was fined £500, sentenced to 12 months' conditional discharge and had his laptop confiscated for browsing the 'net on his neighbour's wireless Internet conenction. Perhaps I should secure my neighbour's wireless connection for him before Windows automagically connects to it and gets me arrested!"

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  1. Re:In Perspective... by op00to · · Score: 4, Funny

    Honestly, I do not blame the UK government for going down on this guy...
     
    Hmm, UK justice is very different from US justice...

  2. Knock knock by NigelJohnstone · · Score: 4, Funny

    " ...the door is unlocked = no encryption, no security."

    Man 1: "Knock knock",
    Man 2: "Come in",
    Man 1: Goes in.
    Man 2: Police arrest that man.
    Man 1: But I knocked and you said I could come in
    Man 2: But that was a misconfiguration, if I wanted you to come in I would have put a "FreeToComeIn" sign on my door.