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Wardriver pleads guilty in Lowe's WiFi hacks
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-06-04

In a rare wireless hacking conviction, a Michigan man entered a guilty plea Friday in federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina for his role in a scheme to steal credit card numbers from the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores by taking advantage of an unsecured wi-fi network at a store in suburban Detroit.

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Re: Wardriver? Irresponsible journalism! 2007-04-14
Anonymous
Why try to legitimatize a highly questionable practice at most. There could be no practical purpose for an individual to "know the locations" of wireless networks with no intentions of making a connection. Phooey to you!

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