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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
If their security team knew what they were doing they would have had their access points locked down.

Neglegence on someone's behalf should NOT allow prosecution of someone that happened upon it. Being as young as he is, it probably didnt occur to him to email the company and let them know their...

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