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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!"

2 of 663 comments (clear)

  1. 'Is reporting'? by jginspace · · Score: 1, Troll

    This 'news' is from last Thursday for Christ's sake...

  2. Wait..... by neonenergy · · Score: 1, Troll

    since when can windows do anything remotely magical!?!?!?!??!!!!