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Subject: Steven Levy's wireless neighbors
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 08:00:29 -0000
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After discovering an open wireless net available from his sofa, Steven
"Hackers" Levy interviewed lawmen, academics and WiFi activists about the
legality and ethics of using open wireless access points.
I downloaded my mail and checked media news on the Web. When I confessed
this to FBI agent Bill Shore, he spared the handcuffs. "The FBI wouldn't
waste resources on that," he sniffed. Now I know that if it did, it would
be hard to argue that I broke a law. What's more, I certainly didn't feel
illegal. Becauseand this is the point of all that war-driving and
-chalking and node-stumblingwhen you get used to wireless, the experience
feels more and more like a God-given right. One day we may breathe
bandwidth like oxygenand arguing its illegality will be unthinkable.
Link[1] Discuss[2] (_Thanks, Steven[3]!_)
[1] http://www.msnbc.com/news/816606.asp
[2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/f5ZpuJU5975K
[3] http://www.echonyc.com/~steven/