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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 2004-08-11
JayEm
Child molesters get less time than these guys will. That is how retarded the Federal Sentencing guidelines are. They take away 99% of the federal judge's power to make a judgement call which is their job. 12-15 years is a very extreme sentence for computer crimes of any type. Might as well put a mon...

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