RE: Wireless Legality- Netstumbler and kin

[Lincoln Yeoh <lyeoh () pop jaring my>]

At 12:38 AM 27-03-2002 -0800, sfijn () xs4all nl wrote:
> In Holland one can 'listen to data transmission' only with legal equipment
> and without any extra effort.  Receiving frequenties on a laptop in a normal
> situation (e.g.office/home) without specially looking for them and then
> listen to it is legal. Driving around with a prepared laptop could be
> explaind as an extra effort (dutch law: article 139b lid 2 WvSr).

Thing is, the normal situation could change.

In may become fairly common to connect to free public wireless networks 
while moving about. However there'd probably be trouble between the 
transition from no extra effort by the tech-oriented to no extra effort by 
the authorities.

Of course if you are negligent in your driving other laws could come under 
effect.

Cheerio,
Link.