[MLB-WIRELESS] FBI releases advisory about 802.11-spotting "wardriving"

[Paul van den Bergen]

initial response was you have got to be kidding?!  what are these clowns 
doing?

next response...  thats funny!

final response... in a tragic, not-very-funny way...

*sigh*

Barry Park wrote:

>The sad cry of "insecure" and "wireless" is sounded in the same sentence
>through the hallowed halls of the FBI. How long until the AFP joins the
>party?
>- Barry
>
>
>FBI releases advisory about 802.11-spotting "wardriving"
>
>    * Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 15:18:17 -0400
>    * To: politech at politechbot.com
>    * Subject: FC: FBI releases advisory about 802.11-spotting "wardriving"
>    * From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
>    * Cc: billshore at fbi.gov
>
>This letter is from last month but we haven't covered it on Politech
>before. Read it carefully: The FBI claims that using an open 802.11
>access point without explicit authorization may be a federal crime
>("theft of services").
>
>-Declan
>
>---
>
>From:    Bill Shore [mailto:billshore at fbi.gov]
>Sent:    Monday, July 08, 2002 9:56 AM
>To:      billshore at fbi.gov
>Subject: Wireless networks - Warchalking/Wardriving
>
>          It has recently been brought to my attention that
>individuals/groups have been actively working in the Pittsburgh area
>as well as other areas of the United States including Philadelphia,
>and Boston, and the rest of the world for that matter, to identify
>locations where wireless networks are implemented.  This is done by a
>technique identified as "Wardriving."
>
>More at http://www.politechbot.com/p-03884.html
>
>
>
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