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Jailtime For Leeching Wireless?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thats-gotta-suck dept.

jginspace writes "A 17-year-old from Singapore is is facing three years' jailtime for accessing his neighbor's wireless network. His neighbor complained and now the unfortunate Tan Jia Luo is facing charges under the computer misuse act and is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday."

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  1. Re:More info by bahwi · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Kind of like leaving the kitchen light on, the light pours out the window? And leaving the window unlocked, says, "Come on in!" to anyone out there? Not breaking into the house, it was open! And the light was just going everywhere, so I want to interact with it.