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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 2004-08-09
Anonymous
i think what's being overlooked here is the actual meaning of the term "wardriving" which is the act of scanning, just to see what is out there. but NOT connecting. timmons connected. knowingly or not that it was public, once he connected, he broke from wardriving. a most excellent way to deliniate ...

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