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Wardriving guilty plea in Lowe's wi-fi case
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-08-05

In what prosecutors say is likely the first criminal conviction for wardriving in the U.S., a Michigan man plead guilty Wednesday to a federal misdemeanor for using the Internet through an open wi-fi access point at a Lowe's home improvement store in suburban Detroit.

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Third guilty plea in Lowe's wi-fi case 2004-08-05
Anonymous (2 replies)
Third guilty plea in Lowe's wi-fi case 2004-08-13
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banned from computers in 2004? 2004-08-06
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Wardriving guilty plea in Lowe's wi-fi case 2004-08-06
Anonymous (1 replies)
Why didn't they lock it down sooner? 2004-08-10
K
Even after finding out there there were some intrusions, how hard would it have been to just lock those down? They instead left it open and vulnerable to see how much deeper trouble the kids could get themselves into.

I think that's terrible, and definitely feel for Timmins. Wardriving with the intent to just surf the net shouldn't even be a mindemeaner, maybe MAYBE more like a finable offense, like a parking ticket. People need to get smarter about securing their networks; if you keep arresting everyone who uses WAPS to check their email, the real criminals will come along and have it so easy.

How retarded.

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Damage vs. Sentence 2004-08-12
Anonymous (1 replies)
Re: Damage vs. Sentence 2008-05-23
Anonymous
I was arrested just recently for a similar charge. 2005-12-13
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