Getting Away With Wi-Fi Squatting


	Getting Away With Wi-Fi Squatting

BobbyDelray

4-18-2008 11:53 PM

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BobbyDelray says:

Have you ever squatted?

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4-19-2008 12:24 PM

masbury

Um, yeah.

4-19-2008 2:45 PM

Sheroug

Yeah, once. I went to apologize about it, they thought I was crazy.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1694223a-b8cd-4be1-9ce0-85cbca33d646/70E77D92-FF7A-40FE-BB84-CF46CBC6598C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/18/getting-away-with-wi-fi-squatting/?mod=WSJBlog" href="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/18/getting-away-with-wi-fi-squatting/?mod=WSJBlog" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.wsj.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/18/getting-away-with-wi-fi-squatting/?mod=WSJBlog">A new survey proves what we’ve long suspected: Wi-Fi squatting–using someone else’s unsecured wireless Internet connection–is pretty common despite being illegal in some places.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/18/getting-away-with-wi-fi-squatting/?mod=WSJBlog"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.wsj.com/img/9BA67CEE-6351-44E4-8AA5-252B3C95C66E" alt="wifi_10pt_l_20080418012546.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/18/getting-away-with-wi-fi-squatting/?mod=WSJBlog"><DIV>This is too obvious<BR clear="all" /></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/18/getting-away-with-wi-fi-squatting/?mod=WSJBlog">A new survey by the consulting company found that <A href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/041608-survey-12-percent-of-consumers.html">one in seven Americans</A> and one in 11 people in the U.K. admit to Wi-Fi squatting</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/18/getting-away-with-wi-fi-squatting/?mod=WSJBlog">Nearly a third of 18 to 34-year olds say they’ve done it</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/18/getting-away-with-wi-fi-squatting/?mod=WSJBlog">As we <A href="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2007/08/22/wi-fi-squatting-and-you/?mod=WSJBlog">reported last August</A>, Wi-Fi squatting, while perhaps a victimless crime, is still considered a crime in some places. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/18/getting-away-with-wi-fi-squatting/?mod=WSJBlog"> In the U.S., police have arrested people for Wi-Fi squatting in Michigan, Florida, Illinois and Washington. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/18/getting-away-with-wi-fi-squatting/?mod=WSJBlog">The FBI told us it isn’t a federal offense unless you do something illegal while connected to the network.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/18/getting-away-with-wi-fi-squatting/?mod=WSJBlog">here’s our tips to safe squatting:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/18/getting-away-with-wi-fi-squatting/?mod=WSJBlog"><P>1) Don’t sit in your car outside a coffee shop or a public library with your laptop open.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/18/getting-away-with-wi-fi-squatting/?mod=WSJBlog"><P>2) Don’t sit outside someone’s house with your laptop open. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/18/getting-away-with-wi-fi-squatting/?mod=WSJBlog">3) Don’t do anything illegal while you’re connected.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/70E77D92-FF7A-40FE-BB84-CF46CBC6598C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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