I’m sure we’ve all heard the stories about the guy getting arrested for sitting in his truck using someone’s wifi or another web surfer getting nailed for using a coffee shop’s wifi outside the cafe. Now in Maryland that type of thing can land you in jail and set you back a few.
If you do purposely steal someone’s wifi you can be subject to three years in jail and a $1,000 fine.
A new bill introduced by Del. LeRoy E. Myers has been drawn up to clarify what a wifi connection is and specifically what it means to use someone else’s wifi without their permission. Meyers claims this is meant to show what is intentional theft of the signal and accidental use.
Many cases can be citied when a politician champions a cause due to the fact that they are directly affected or it happened to them and they want to stop it. Case in point: Meyers’ neighbor bought a laptop with wireless and was using Meyers home wifi connection thinking it was his through his cable TV. Meyers says accidental use, like this one, should not be prosecuted.
What does accidental use mean? Who’s fault is it that common users leave default settings on their routers to enable anyone to get online? Could that neglegance mean the want people to use their signal?
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