This reminds me of the Lowes hardware store (down in florida i think) that
had an open wireless network in which they had financial information going
over (credit/debit card transactions from the cash registers)

the guys out in the parking lot sniffing this info and using the store's
wireless were brought up and convicted on charges.

i'd like to see the store management brought up on charges of negligence..
its an open network, its YOUR fault its open.


<kevinmader@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Quite a few different places cities/coffee shops/wealthier
> neighborhoods have open wireless networks. From my understanding the
> RIAA and MPAA figure out who is stealing what by demanding that ISP's
> turn over the name of the users of an IP address at a specific time. If
> someone uses a open wireless network there is no way to track down that
> person down.Bacically my question is does the person who sets up a open
> wireless network take the fall for whatever activity goes on on that
> network?
>