[AusNOG] OT: Police Wardriving. Where else but QLD!

[Martin - StudioCoast]

I think a good approach would be to model internet access related laws 
after trespassing laws.
That is to say one needs a lawful excuse to use somebody elses WiFi.

While one may not actually be anywhere near the property, the wifi 
signals they would be sending could be considered the
trespassing equivalent of lobbing bricks through somebodys window!

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
through your house simply because you forgot to lock the door...


On 23/03/2012 11:45 PM, James Andrewartha wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2012, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
>
>
> 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
> http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/ccaca1913252/notes.html
>
>
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