Wardriving in and of itself should not be considered a crime. 1) Open wireless access points are like leaving your keys in the door to your house or car and walking away: they're asking for "intruders". 2) Wireless itself, due to being broadcasted into the air, should (in my opinion) be declared public domain, as is the case where you can freely record FM radio broadcasts. 3) Wardriving should only be considered criminal if it can be proven that they used it for malicious purposes. I mean, come on, with bluetooth and such, are we going to start suing each other for accidentally or even intentionally accessing resources that are intentionally being shared?

In my opinion, wireless will never be secure due to its fundamental nature of digital information being broadcast over what is a public domain medium: air and space.

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