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Old 07-07-2005, 09:12 AM  
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Illegal to connect to private but UNSECURE Wi-Fi signals?

Man Charged With Stealing Wi-Fi Signal

Wed Jul 6, 8:15 PM ET

Police have arrested a man for using someone else's wireless Internet network in one of the first criminal cases involving this fairly common practice.

Benjamin Smith III, 41, faces a pretrial hearing this month following his April arrest on charges of unauthorized access to a computer network, a third-degree felony.

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I didn't know that was illegal. If you don't want people on your network I figure you would secure it.
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