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By Bradley Mitchell, About.com Guide to Wireless / Networking since 1999

Should It Be Legal to Grab a Neighbor's Wi-Fi Signal?

Monday October 31, 2005
| Poll | In separate incidents in the U.S. and UK this year, two individuals were arreseted by local law enforcement by poaching the wireless Internet access of neighbors. Are the network owners to blame for not securing their Wi-Fi access? Would it have been okay if these individuals had gotten permission first? Do you think all Wi-Fi access be legal and free? Join 900+ readers who have already taken our poll and make your opinion heard.
→ USA - Man Charged with Wireless Network Trespassing
→ UK - Wireless Hijacking Under Scrutiny
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