Don’t Wait! Order The CHEAPEST MEDICATIONS NOW » Buy Sporanox Without Prescription http://goesping.org/archives/2007/05/22/michigan-man-arrested-for-using-cafes-free-wifi-from-his-car/ Pinging stuff I care about. Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:01:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Don’t Wait! Order The CHEAPEST MEDICATIONS NOW » Buy Sporanox Without Prescription http://goesping.org/archives/2007/05/22/michigan-man-arrested-for-using-cafes-free-wifi-from-his-car/comment-page-1/#comment-14807 Eric Tue, 29 May 2007 12:28:52 +0000 http://www.goesping.org/archives/2007/05/22/michigan-man-arrested-for-using-cafes-free-wifi-from-his-car/#comment-14807 I guess that's what happens when the Powers That Be don't fully understand all of the wires and tubes of the Internets. I guess that’s what happens when the Powers That Be don’t fully understand all of the wires and tubes of the Internets.

]]> Don’t Wait! Order The CHEAPEST MEDICATIONS NOW » Buy Sporanox Without Prescription http://goesping.org/archives/2007/05/22/michigan-man-arrested-for-using-cafes-free-wifi-from-his-car/comment-page-1/#comment-14800 Ed That Goes Ping Wed, 23 May 2007 12:54:54 +0000 http://www.goesping.org/archives/2007/05/22/michigan-man-arrested-for-using-cafes-free-wifi-from-his-car/#comment-14800 The crime was "accessing a computer without permission" or words to that effect. The relevant law was written in 1979, when the concept of legitimate "personal" computer use, much less "public" computer use, was almost nonexistent. Virtually all computer use used government, educational, or corporate computers and therefore ought to be "authorized" by someone. Someone accessing a network without permission could *not* be doing so innocently or harmlessly; they must be evil hackers. It was updated much more recently to include wifi, though. So the standards of computer use in 1979 were deemed relevant for the 21st century. Great. The crime was “accessing a computer without permission” or words to that effect. The relevant law was written in 1979, when the concept of legitimate “personal” computer use, much less “public” computer use, was almost nonexistent. Virtually all computer use used government, educational, or corporate computers and therefore ought to be “authorized” by someone. Someone accessing a network without permission could *not* be doing so innocently or harmlessly; they must be evil hackers.

It was updated much more recently to include wifi, though. So the standards of computer use in 1979 were deemed relevant for the 21st century. Great.

]]> Don’t Wait! Order The CHEAPEST MEDICATIONS NOW » Buy Sporanox Without Prescription http://goesping.org/archives/2007/05/22/michigan-man-arrested-for-using-cafes-free-wifi-from-his-car/comment-page-1/#comment-14799 Eric Wed, 23 May 2007 12:47:59 +0000 http://www.goesping.org/archives/2007/05/22/michigan-man-arrested-for-using-cafes-free-wifi-from-his-car/#comment-14799 WTF? This is taking ownership to the extreme. Why should someone be able to use public airwaves to transmit something that is unencrypted yet private? WTF?

This is taking ownership to the extreme. Why should someone be able to use public airwaves to transmit something that is unencrypted yet private?

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