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WIFI spoken here: chalk symbols point to wireless access. (Update).


What are those odd chalk signs suddenly springing up on walls and sidewalks around campus? If your school has a wireless network, you've you've  

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 probably been visited by War Chalkers--roving technophiles whose mission is to alert others that wireless access is nearby. It's the modern-day equivalent of hobo marks, a Depression-era secret language that told rail-riders that a particular house offered a hot meal or a place to sleep. According to according to
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 FBI Special Agent Bill Shore, "Identifying the presence of a wireless network may not be a criminal violation. However, if the network is actually accessed, there may be criminal violations including theft of services Theft of services is the legal term for a crime which is committed when a person obtains valuable services — as opposed to goods — by deception, force, threat or other unlawful means, i.e., without lawfully compensating the provider of said services. ; interception of communications; and misuse of computing computing - computer  resources, up to and including violations of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Statute, Theft of Trade Secrets, and other federal violations."
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Author:Goral, Tim
Publication:University Business
Date:Sep 1, 2002
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