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OCR: 288 CHAPTER 5 ISSUE Who's Stealing My Signals? A FLORIDA MAN WAS ARRESTED and Free wireless access is not unusual. Free municipal charged with unauthorized access to computer net- wireless access is offered in cities as diverse as work crime that's third-degree felony and carries Seattle, Paris, Cupertino, Prague, and Amsterdam. punishment ranging from probation to five years r You can find it in airports, hotels, and coffee shops. prison. The accused man was allegedly piggyback- Free wireless access is also offered by rogue ing on his neighbor's wireless network to access the WLANs operated by public spirited individuals who Internet It was one of the first cases of fits kind in the are more than willing to share their bandwidth with United States. passersby Rogue WLAN operators typically ...