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Originally Posted by ricsmania
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.
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USC Title 18 Part 1 Chap. 47 Para. 1030.
U.S. legal precedent has consistently shown a network to be similarly defined.
It's illegal in the U.S., whether anyone wants it to be or not. How about if, instead of popping off with ill-informed opinion, someone (other than me) shows actual
law.
I don't even pretend to understand how the law works in the U.K. (though ours is loosely based on it), but in the U.S. the unlocked-house analogy is valid, no matter which state you live in or which mountain you live on.