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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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I was arrested just recently for a similar charge. 2005-12-13
domoarigatomr_legato (at) hotmail (dot) com [email concealed]
On friday, Dec. 2nd i got arrested in Painesville, OH in a similar situation. I was parked outside my closed laundromat, using a wi-fi signal [which i have used before] that i assumed was a service provided by the business, since it was completely unsecured and labeled as the default name linksys. E...

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