> 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".

Not a good analogy.

> 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.

Ummm...that is not accurate.

> 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?

That's silly. Wardriving is intentional. But I agree that it should not be illegal, unless there is some standard to clearly differentiate between public and private access points. WEP is probably the best one. If there is malicious intent then some other criminal code will cover the crime.

> 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.

Yes, but that doesn't mean encrypted networks shouldn't be legally protected.

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