Suppose i do a bit of wardriving, using Kismet (or Netstumbler, for the Linux-challenged). The software is fully passive, that is, it does not try to establish a connection, it does not even send a single packet (always true for Kismet, may be untrue for Netstumbler), but it only passively detects access points.
That's not illegal, right?

But what if i take the data gathered with Kismet, draw a map out of it (placing access points SSIDs and types and whatnot on the street map) then publish it on the Internet, therefore allowing anyone access to that information? See worldwidewardrive.org as an example.
Is that illegal?

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