[MLB-WIRELESS] Legal question

[Michael]

Not a legal opinion but "YES"

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
[mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of Jason X
Sent: Sunday, 30 May 2004 1:06 PM
To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Legal question


Say you are on your laptop and suddenly your laptop connects to an AP gets
an IP address and this AP is bridged to the Internet and you are able to
surf the Internet. Is this illegal? as you are accessing someone elses
network, even though they issued you the IP Address and allow you onto their
network?

I'd assume cracking a WEP key and gaining entry into the network would come
under hacking or intrusion of some sort but what about in this case, with an
open AP?

Do you need express permission to gain access to any network?

Cheers
Jason


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