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This has been a central issue in one of the legal challenges to Google's Street View cars collecting data from open WiFi networks. I've long argued that on such an open network, it shouldn't be wiretapping because it's wide open and available for ...
â??Open networks okay for sniffingâ??, says Illinois judge (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE4e7ExhxH8tV7euo2DNlJ8lrWiEA&url=http://www.androidauthority.com/open-networks-okay-for-sniffing-says-illinois-judge-113577/)Android Authority
Ruling states that tapping your WiFi gadget is not wiretapping (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEQ39mvDcBjyoNw6baWB12XJv8v4Q&url=http://www.examiner.com/article/ruling-states-that-tapping-your-wifi-gadget-is-not-wiretapping)Examiner.com
WiFi "sniffing" ruled not a violation of the Wiretap Act where patent holder ... (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGezRXeIct5aee9Ubcy_cyrjljSAw&url=http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g%3D57a9dfad-fa36-46b3-9bd1-6bfb3b57318a)Lexology (registration)

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