Re: [MLUG] Looking 4 mad cheap PCI wireless cards

[Jerry Gamblin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

This article has more facts:
http://www.hollyspringssun.com/news/2003111900438.html 
 
He used a cantana to access the network and take some documents. He
still accessed the network without permission (The First Charge). Then
he tried to use the famous " I was just doing it so they know it can
be done" tactic.

My point is that you might be able to get on an open network and
access the Internet, but what stops that person from saying you stole
all of their data? How are you going to prove that you didn't? Log
files are pretty easy to forge to say that you did.

In the end Is the free Internet really worth the potential cost? 


On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:53:32 -0500 (CDT), Mike Miller
<EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Jerry Gamblin wrote:
> 
> > <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> >
> >> Tell me about this when someone is successfully sued or prosecuted for
> >> simply connecting to an open network that required no password and was
> >> broadcasting its presence to the surrounding world.  When that happens,
> >> I'll believe that there is some validity in the arguments I'm seeing
> >> here. Otherwise, I remain unconvinced.
> >
> > Here you go:
> >
> > http://forums.netstumbler.com/showthread.php?t=8712
> 
> 
> Come on, Jerry.  You do read, don't you?  ;-)
> 
> Your article is nothing like what I requested.  That guy broke into
> computers containing medical data.  According to the article, "Police said
> Dillard crossed the line by hacking into more than 2,000 patient files."
> 
> That is irrelevant to the issue we are dicussing today.  The title was
> misleading.  The fact that this guy used a wireless network seems to have
> no bearing on the case.
> 
> 
> 
> Mike
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