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Originally Posted by sirmaru
Anti-hacking laws affecting computer hardware, software and communications do NOT apply to TV's.
Breaking into computer networks is a Federal crime in the USA. Watching someone else's TV through a window is not the same. Maybe the latter would be covered by local evesdropping laws.
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I don't think using an unsecured wifi hotspot is "breaking in", because people use it to browse the web, not steal information. And it has no security, so they don't exactly "break in" to use it, they just connect.
The TV story was just an analogy, that doesn't mean it has the same laws.
Of course this is just my opinion, because the terms used on the law are relative and can be interpreted either way.