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Warspammer guilty under new federal law
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-09-29

A Los Angeles man who used other people's wi-fi networks to send thousands of unsolicited adult-themed e-mails from his car pleaded guilty to a single felony Monday, in what prosecutors say is the first criminal conviction under the federal CAN-SPAM Act.

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Warspammer guilty under new federal law 2004-10-07
J. Kirk
It seems to me that part of the problem should be kicked back to the wi-fi providers. An analogy, part of the reason for a logon warning banner is to identify your systems legal restrictions and rules of access. It has been successfully argued in court that if the system provider did not put up a wa...

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