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UK Man Convicted For Wi-Fi Piggybacking

Posted by kdawson on

CatrionaMcM tips us to a BBC story reporting that Gregory Straszkiewicz, a UK resident, was fined £500 and sentenced to a conditional discharge for 12 months after being caught using a laptop from a car parked outside somebody else's house. '[H]e was prosecuted under the Communications Act and found guilty of dishonestly obtaining an electronic communications service.' A separate BBC story notes that two other people in England were arrested and cautioned for sharing Wi-Fi uninvited.

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  1. OLD OLD OLD news by malikvlc · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Hey, did anyone notice the date attached to this 'story'?

    Last Updated: Thursday, 28 July 2005, 08:51 GMT 09:51 UK

    Was this submitted as a joke, as a troll or what?

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