Sniffing Open WiFi Networks Is Not Wiretapping
September 9th, 2012I don’t know why anyone would use unencrypted wi-fi at this point, but it’s the privacy equivalent of standing on a soap box with a bullhorn.
Via: Ars Technica:
A federal judge in Illinois has ruled that intercepting traffic on unencrypted WiFi networks is not wiretapping. The decision runs counter to a 2011 decision that suggested Google may have violated the law when its Street View cars intercepted fragments of traffic from open WiFi networks around the country.
