[MLB-WIRELESS] Warchalking

[sanbar]

It's just non-permanent graffiti. And it *is* public spectrum.
It's just up to you if you want to cross that legal line between a passive 
and active network connection.
And what's wrong with an admin identifying that his/her network is open, 
even if it is via graffiti? Do I need to contact every single sysadmin 
every time I wardrive to let them know what I can see of their network via 
passive means? Should I tell someone that I can walk past their front door 
and get a passive connection even without doing *anything*?
If I see a car in the shopping centre car park with its doors unlocked, 
should I contact the car's owner by whatever means possible and let them 
know?
Methinks no. 
 - Barry IANAL

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Tony Langdon wrote:

> I thought it was an interesting idea.  Liked the proposed symbols too.
> Obviously some issues with what information should onto the rune, i.e. ssid,
> etc.  Arguments either way...
> 
> Not sure of the legal issues either...  If you're caught chalking up an open
> network, is that aiding a crime? (data theft)? Of course, if the network
> _is_ a public network (as opposed to the common misconfigured corporate
> network case), then that's a non issue, and you're only advertising
> legitimate access...

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