Re: WIRELESS THEFT

["alex hajii" <xenix1989 () hotmail com>]

Well law matters depend on the side of the plannet that you live .....
but without being a judge or a layer I do not think you are breaking the 
law.
when a frequency is not allowed to hear at it is usually reserved for the 
police the army etc.
wirelles networks generally don't belong to the police or the army (except 
if the one u r talking about is).
as far as i know new wirelles protocols are all encrypted beacause of leaks 
... (I think they use PGP)
thus I think it not you should worry but the network's owner.
u r not sniffing a telephone line, I believe a good analog is two neigbors 
of yours are shouting to each other private information, is it your fault 
that you heard em?
anyway, when u hear any frequency it is very very difficult to determine if 
you r sniffing and where you r.
... but exploiting what u sniff might be illegal ...





> From: "Amit P. Gandre" <agandre () cise ufl edu>
> To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
> Subject: WIRELESS THEFT
> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 17:26:47 -0400 (EDT)
>
> Hi
>         Can someone tell me if there are any laws regarding wireless
> theft?
>
>         One of the apartment complexes near mine has free wireless
> connections offered to their residents. Now, my computer happens to catch
> that signal.
>
>         Now, is that illegal. If so, how should I go about dealing with
> this issue.
>
> Amit


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