Re: Re: Re: Legality of WEP Cracking

Are you sure?

Here is an interesting post:

http://cfp2004.org/blogs/wardriving/archives/000056.html

Makes for some good reading. This is definitely a gray area of the law. Which 
makes it hard to find concrete examples of what is legal and what is not. I'm 
of the opinion that passively listening to the air is not illegal. I equate it 
to listening to CB (civilian band) radio conversations. If they don't want us 
to "hear" these conversations, then they need to use encryption. The law comes 
in when you try to overcome any encryption they may be using, if you actually 
connect to and use the network (theft of service), and where you are when you 
are listening (potential trespassing). Active tools like netstumbler may also 
be pushing the limits. 

If just listening were a crime, we'd all be going to jail when we do wireless 
audits, because there is no way we can limit the traffic we pick up to only the 
networks we own or have permission for. It is just the way wireless works. 

One last thought: what you _do_ with any data you receive may or may not land 
you in jail as well.

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