wireless
09-19-2013, 04:03 AM
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How Ruling On WiFi Snooping Means Security Researchers May Face Criminal ... (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEvix2USVx6XwRTJDu0bz-NIz2RVw&url=http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130916/12180924534/how-ruling-wifi-snooping-means-security-researchers-may-face-criminal-liability.shtml)
Techdirt (blog)
We wrote last week about an appeals court's technologically illiterate ruling that WiFi isn't a radio communication, and therefore picking up unencrypted WiFi data, even though it's broadcast for anyone to access, could be a violation of wiretapping laws.
Courtesy of WestNet City Wi-Fi
www.westnet.ca
How Ruling On WiFi Snooping Means Security Researchers May Face Criminal ... (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEvix2USVx6XwRTJDu0bz-NIz2RVw&url=http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20130916/12180924534/how-ruling-wifi-snooping-means-security-researchers-may-face-criminal-liability.shtml)
Techdirt (blog)
We wrote last week about an appeals court's technologically illiterate ruling that WiFi isn't a radio communication, and therefore picking up unencrypted WiFi data, even though it's broadcast for anyone to access, could be a violation of wiretapping laws.
Courtesy of WestNet City Wi-Fi
www.westnet.ca