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Wireless hijacking under scrutiny

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

Via BBC:

A recent court case, which saw a West London man fined £500 and sentenced to 12 months’ conditional discharge for hijacking a wireless broadband connection, has repercussions for almost every user of wi-fi networks.

Well. How does an honest user distinguish between a criminal offence and using a designated free hotspot?

Open or Closed Web

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

Just found this interesting panel discussion (webcast video) on the 05 innovation summit about the (open) future of licencing and information exchange. Check it out…