Every once in a while, someone gets arrested for piggy-backing on someone else’s Wi-Fi connection. Two people were arrested in the UK this past month for piggy-backing on apparently unencrypted Wi-Fi signals.
The official charge: “dishonestly obtaining electronic communications services with intent to avoid payment.” Neither person was prosecuted, however, and both were let off with a warning.
Admittedly the two signal thieves made their piggy-backing obvious by sitting in cars outside of people’s houses, activity that’s always unnerving. No wonder the police got involved. Still, busting people for simply hopping on an unencrypted signal to gain Internet access always strikes me as, well, ludicrous.
Cynthia Brumfield at 9:49 AM|Comments(0)
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