RE: Borrow a neighbor's WiFi connection and go to jail?

["Gary Funck" <gary () intrepid com>]

S.f.Stover wrote:
> Saying WEP is useless is inaccurate.  It might not stop people from
> sniffing/decrypting/reading your traffic, but it makes it very clear
> that it's illegal.  I'm still a bit fuzzy on whether or not sniffing
> non-WEPed traffic is illegal, but sniffing and decrypting WEP definitely
> is.  Well, in Idaho anyway.  ;-)

When you say "it's illegal" to sniff decrypted packets, we need to
define *it*.  For example, what if I don't snoop packets, could
care less about them, and all I want is access to the wireless
internet connection?  Is it a worse offense that I decrypt for the
purpose of poaching your broadband connection than if you just
left it open?  Let's say that I come by your house every day,
and use your garden faucet to wash my car while you're away at
work.  Can I say that it was okay because you didn't put a lock
on the faucet?

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