WiFi misuse prosecution/Polizei verbessert ihre Statistik
am 23.08.2007 von http://transblawg.eu
In London wurde (wieder) ein Mann verhaftet, der auf einer Gartenmauer saß und über seinen Laptop eine ungesicherte Internetverbindung mitbenutzte.
The Times reports that a man has been arrested for using a laptop in the street to log onto a wireless broadband connection. This is a brecxh of the Computer Misuse Act and the Communications Act.
Apparently the first conviction was in 2005. At that time a man had been seen in the neighbourhood before and a local reported him to the police.
When police examined his laptop, they discovered that he had logged on several times before. He was found guilty of …
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» Laptop user arrested for ‘illegal log-on’ to house wi-fi - Times Online
A man who was seen using his laptop in the street has been arrested on suspicion of illegally logging on to a wireless (Wi-Fi) broadband connection.
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