What exactly is Unauthorized WAP access?

Use someones WAP, go to jail

Another law protecting utter idiots who shouldn’t have Internet access to begin with. Guy pulled up in an SUV and accessed some random persons AP, which by the way was completely wide open. He didn’t hack, he didn’t break encryption..

I personally manage a global network and have always felt (in spite of all the extravagant costs for security) that the burden of keeping a network secure falls onto the owner of that network. If I just plugged things in and “relied on the kindness of strangers” I would have been out of business the day after I started.

Which brings on two interesting points.

1. Ignore for a second that unauthorized access to a wireless network in Florida is a third-degree felony. The idiots excuse for not securing his property was: “Dinon knew what to do. “But I never did it because my neighbors are older.” Shouldn’t there be a law punishing idiots like this? How about at least a misdemeanor for “assisting hackers and criminals by providing transparent access to a public network”

2. Unauthorized Access? I don’t think so. The person accessing the network powered on their laptop. Their laptop sent a DHCP lease request to the WAP. The WAP approved and GRANTED access to the network. Thats what DHCP does. So at which point is this “unauthorized” — the access was provided over the airwaves (which are free) and it was granted by the device connected to the network.