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I think a good approach would be to model internet access related
laws after trespassing laws.<br>
That is to say one needs a lawful excuse to use somebody elses WiFi.<br>
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While one may not actually be anywhere near the property, the wifi
signals they would be sending could be considered the<br>
trespassing equivalent of lobbing bricks through somebodys window!<br>
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Placing the onus on the customer to adequately secure access is a
bad idea as it is the equivalent of suggesting that somebody can
walk<br>
through your house simply because you forgot to lock the door...<br>
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On 23/03/2012 11:45 PM, James Andrewartha wrote:
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WA's criminal code[1] says refers to restricted-access computer systems,
of which "(a) the use of a password is necessary in order to obtain access
to information stored in the system or to operate the system in some other
way; and"
So it's not a WA state crime to access open WiFi. It may be a federal
crime however, due to the expansive power of s51(v) in respect to computer
networks.
[1] Chapter XLIVA
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/ccaca1913252/notes.html">http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/ccaca1913252/notes.html</a>
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