Submission + - Conviction for piggybacking wireless internet
CatrionaMcM writes: BBC news reported that Gregory Straszkiewicz, a UK resident, was fined £500 and sentenced to a conditional discharge for 12 months.
"Gaining unauthorised access to a computer is an offence covered by the Computer Misuse Act. In Straszkiewcz's case, he was prosecuted under the Communications Act and found guilty of dishonestly obtaining an electronic communications service."
Apparently he was seen on several occasions using a laptop in a car parked outside someone else's house. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4721723.stm
"Gaining unauthorised access to a computer is an offence covered by the Computer Misuse Act. In Straszkiewcz's case, he was prosecuted under the Communications Act and found guilty of dishonestly obtaining an electronic communications service."
Apparently he was seen on several occasions using a laptop in a car parked outside someone else's house. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4721723.stm
