wardriving a crime in Florida?

[Jack]

--- Jeremy Fowler <JFowler at westrope.com> wrote:

> http://www.wardrive.net/wardriving/faq
> 
> My fellow wardrivers and I adhere to a relatively
> strict code of ethics that can be cooked down to the
> following:
> 
>     * Don't look.
>     * Don't touch.
>     * Don't play through.
> 
> In other words, 1) don't examine the contents of a
> network; 2) don't add, delete, or change anything on
> the network, and 3) don't even use the network's
> Internet connection for Web surfing, email, chat,
> FTP, or anything else. Somebody else paid for the
> bandwidth, and if you don't have permission to use
> it, you're stealing it. Basically, unless you have
> permission, don't connect. Consider it a matter of
> personal honor ...
I agree with most of what you're saying here. While I
certainly am not recommending that everyone go out and

connect to open access points in the neighborhood, I
disagree that it is illegal. It may have some personal
honor issues, but I don't see it as illegal. I would
however generally recommend using only those that you
find that you have explicit permission for. There are
known free access points, and I would generally
recommend them. However, were I in desperate need of
getting access, say a server crashed and I needed to
do some remote tasks from 1000 miles away, and there
was no readily available connection except an open
wi-fi connection; I would probably use it. 

<somewhat political and ot>
In fact were I comfortable enough where I didn't need
to work. I would engage in acts of civil disobedience
in regards to some of the Stalinist laws that have
been passed in recent years concerning IT, were it not
for the Draconian penalties they have attached to
those imbicilic laws.
</somewhat ot>

Brian JD




	
		
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