Frank,

I'm an ex lawyer (government prosecutor) and if caught I would argue that an
open wireless is not "a computer networks" Furthermore I would argue that
the intention of the legislator that passed the law was not to prohibit
wireless "stealing" but was to prevent people from trying to hack into *
computers* net woks by all means including wifi access. If you use and
Internet access point to simply browse the Internet with no arm, you could
defend yourself very easily from such accusation. Think about it! if the
legislator intention was to prohibit wifi "stealing" it would have been easy
to wrote the law accordingly. The fact that he didn't plays on the citizens
side.

Oh and since the arrest in 2007 they have been some developments :

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080323-bill-criminalizing-wifi-leeching-shot-down-and-rightly-so.html

JP

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WELL,  that's pretty screwed up BECAUSE Texas offers free WiFi Internet
service in it's  own Rest Stops with Tourist info centres !  You do not have
to go
in and  get permission.  We used them coming back from Mexico this past
Spring.  So they are on both sides of the fence ???????  More screwed  up
laws by
screwed up bureaucrats !!

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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