OT: Wardriving police: password protect your wireless, or face a fine

[Fred A. Miller]

On 05/17/2010 08:33 PM, Myriam Schweingruber (private) wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 02:15, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
>   
>> Wardriving police: password protect your wireless, or face a fine
>>
>> Internet users in Germany, whose wireless networks are left password
>> unprotected, can be fined up to 100 euros, according to a recent ruling by
>> Germany's top criminal court.
>>     
> Nothing new about, that law is out since several years already.
> Although it says nothing about weak passwords or which type of
> password.

No, it doesn't. I hadn't heard about it till today. I wonder just how much
the police there are actually involved in this.

Fred