Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA
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He got caught by:
"The case began two weeks ago Wednesday, at 5 a.m., when Sgt. Don Woods of 11 Division noticed a vehicle driving the wrong way down a one-way street in a residential neighbourhood.
When Woods stopped the car, he noticed the driver, a man, was naked from the waist down. In the car was a laptop computer and on its screen was an image of a 10-year-old girl in a sex act with an adult male."
Moral of the story: Don't be a dumb@ss and try to j-off while driving the wrong way down a one way street.
They would have never caught him electronically. Wardriving itsself is a legal "gray" area, but even if it was illegal it would be nearly impossible to catch someone.
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trevor9
join:2003-03-03
EDM
|  A complete freak, no doubt.
How could you track him down? Well a starting point is the media access controller network ID. At some point it was purchased from a wholesaler or retailer. May lead to nothing but that's one example of how you get that ball rolling. Ever seen the ham radio/ airwave police that drive around? Maybe not in the US but in Canada we have those dudes. They could evolve to monitor wireless internet traffic by looking for that tube of invisible data and see what/why/when/where (ad-hoc etc). That's the best part of wireless, its out there u just have to know how to get it  . Plus, do you honestly think the goverment would allow you to have a technology that they can't break into or know everything about? Ridiculous but in reality very hard to find that needle in the hay stack.
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
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You'd think the guy would have at least put the monitor down and slipped his computer under his seat. This guy clearly lacked any amount of common sense.
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Snickerdo
Premium
join:2001-02-28
Niagara Falls, ON
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said by Jerm  :
They would have never caught him electronically. Wardriving itsself is a legal "gray" area, but even if it was illegal it would be nearly impossible to catch someone.
Very grey area, especially in Canada. While downloading child porn is definitely illegal and he should be locked up for quite some time, war driving technically isn't illegal under the Radiocommunications Act. In fact, it's actually illegal for someone to encrypt their wireless network without a valid government license. Anything unencrypted that is passed over the airwaves is free for anyone to accept and use. You'll note that in Canada, listening to and recording analog cell phone conversations is quite legal. While what he was doing was disgusting and he'll end up in jail for the child porn charges, I highly doubt the theft of telecommunications charge will stick. That actual law governs wireline communications, not unencrypted, unlicensed, wireless communications.
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WallyThacker
The Central Scrutinizer
join:2002-02-12
Canada
| said by Snickerdo :
said by Jerm :
Anything unencrypted that is passed over the airwaves is free for anyone to accept and use.
Not quite.
The Radio Secrecy Act stipulates that for non-commercial stuff
1. We can't profit from the contents
2. No divulging the contents to third parties.
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Snickerdo
Premium
join:2001-02-28
Niagara Falls, ON
| said by WallyThacker :
Not quite.
The Radio Secrecy Act stipulates that for non-commercial stuff
1. We can't profit from the contents
2. No divulging the contents to third parties..
Can't profit from the contents is correct, but there is MUCH more to the third parties clause. Like I said, I can record an analog cell conversation in the 800MHz band and post it on the internet legally. It has happened before, and the federal government outright said there was nothing they could do so long as it didn't make any money off the website.
In fact, a search for the Radio Secrecy Act returned no results. You can easily get the entire contents of the Radiocommunications Act online. I have never heard of the Radio Secrecy Act before, and neither have any of my hamming friends. News to me.
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DaneJasper
Sonic.Net
Premium,VIP
join:2001-08-20
Santa Rosa, CA
clubs: | reply to trevor9
Note that many 802.11 cards allow you to change the MAC address.
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
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| reply to Snickerdo
said by Snickerdo :
said by WallyThacker :
Not quite.
The Radio Secrecy Act stipulates that for non-commercial stuff
1. We can't profit from the contents
2. No divulging the contents to third parties..
Can't profit from the contents is correct, but there is MUCH more to the third parties clause.
Hmmm, wonder how news agencies get around not being able to divulge police traffic (since they report traffic incidents and respond to fire and hostage situations) and make profit. |
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WallyThacker
The Central Scrutinizer
join:2002-02-12
Canada | Police, ambulance, fire and so are licensed as commercial. Different rules apply. |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | Not in the USA, they are licensed as public safety, not commercial. |
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