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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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Wardriving guilty plea in Lowe's wi-fi case 2004-08-06
Anonymous
I agree with the legal analyst. The guilty conviction is questionable. IF this conviction stand, does it mean when you walk by a house and the occupant of the house has the TV on and you watch it. Does it mean you have committed a crime too?...

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