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Some people, like me, keep their wireless link open knowingly.
In NYC I frequently connect up to open WAPs and check email and such. If I was running a bit torrent client 24/7 or dl'ing huge files, then maybe I'd be a thief.
I'd say what I do is more akin to taking a drink from the neighbors garden hose.
I'm not a thief or hacker.
Proposed amendment to a law in NH (HB495) says:
1 Computer Related Offenses; Network Security. Amend RSA 638:17, I to read as follows:
I.(a) A person is guilty of the computer crime of unauthorized access to a computer or computer network when, knowing that the person is not authorized to do so, he or she knowingly accesses or causes to be accessed any computer or computer network without authorization. It shall be an affirmative defense to a prosecution for unauthorized access to a computer or computer network that:
[(a)] (1) The person reasonably believed that the owner of the computer or computer network, or a person empowered to license access thereto, had authorized him or her to access; or
[(b)] (2) The person reasonably believed that the owner of the computer or computer network, or a person empowered to license access thereto, would have authorized the person to access without payment of any consideration; or
[(c)] (3) The person reasonably could not have known that his or her access was unauthorized.
(b) The owner of a wireless computer network shall be responsible for securing such computer network. It shall be an affirmative defense to a prosecution for unauthorized access to a wireless computer network if the unauthorized access complies with the conditions set forth in subparagraph I(a)(1)-(3).
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