calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| reply to Belch
Re: I love to war-drive! who doesn't!
said by Belch:
Just curious, but if I wanted to, could I packet sniff the stuff war drivers are sending through my access point and read their email?
Of course, I guess it might be considered an illegal wire tap, but it might also be argued that it's legal as it's my network being used and as an intruder, you don't have any expectation of privacy.
Let's say you ran a motel, and had a slot marked "MAIL" (not "US MAIL") at the front desk. Users would have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the mail they deposited there, just as users of your deliberately open hotspot have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their mail.
The key factor is once you deliberately leave it open, you are inviting others to use it. And if you are sniffing, it's very hard to say you aren't deliberately leaving it open....
calvoiper
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