Man charged for stealing WI-FI access

[Joe]

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/04/State/Wi_Fi_cloaks_a_new_br.shtml

ST. PETERSBURG - Richard Dinon saw the laptop's muted glow through the rear window of the SUV parked outside his home. He walked closer and noticed a man inside.

Then the man noticed Dinon and snapped his computer shut.

Maybe it's census work, the 28-year-old veterinarian told his girlfriend. An hour later, Dinon left to drive her home. The Chevy Blazer was still there, the man furtively hunched over his computer.

Dinon returned at 11 p.m. and the men repeated their strange dance.

Fifteen minutes later, Dinon called police.

Police say Benjamin Smith III, 41, used his Acer brand laptop to hack into Dinon's wireless Internet network. The April 20 arrest is considered the first of its kind in Tampa Bay and among only a few so far nationwide.

IMO their own fault for not securing their WIFI

 

[FragTek]

Crazy case... Who knows what the media knows about computers but it says that the guy "hacked" in, which either means A) He actually hacked in and decyphered the encryptior or B) The media is a bunch of fucktards and throw around the word "hack" way too much and have no idea what it means.

 

[NickS]

If someone was to do that my dad wld have gone outside by then with is .40 rofl.

 

[JN]

Methinks it was (B) Frag. The guy probably left his wifi access wide open.

 

[limqareb]

no encryption stupid !! at least WPA

 

[Joe]

even then the encryption isnt good enuff with a mere 100MB of datafrom an encrypted wifi net the ket can be cracked in minutes ... for WIFI net the only true way to be secrue is MAC filtering (only access to MACs you approve of) as well as all the usual (SSID hiding, WEP etc etc )