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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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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...

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