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Feds: Criminals Luuuuv Those Open 802.11 Networks

Danny Burstein (dannyb@panix.com)
Sat, 19 Mar 2005 04:24:34 -0500

"... Of those suspects, half regularly used the open Wi-Fi connections
of unsuspecting neighbors. Four suspects, in Canada, California and
Florida, were logged in to neighbors' Wi-fi networks at the moment law
enforcement agents, having tracked them by other means, entered their
homes and arrested them, Secret Service agents involved in the case
said. ...

" 'We had this whole network set up to identify these (suspects) but
the one thing we had to take into consideration was Wi-fi', (former
Secret Service agent) Mr. Gilhooly said. 'If I get to an Internet
address and I send a subpoena to the Internet provider and it gets me
a name and physical address, how do I know that that person isn't
actually bouncing in from next door?'

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/19/technology/19wifi.html

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