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Subject: Re: TV Judge Issues Restraining Order; Threatens Arrest Warrant
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 21:57:51 -0400
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On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 00:17:25 -0000 (UTC)
"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
> >Mon, 08 Apr 2024 22:14:45 +0000 BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid>:  
> 
> >>This case is amazing at all levels.  
> 
> >>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0LMEL6_b15o  
> 
> >>First, we have a guy suing his neighbor because she
> >>password-protected her wi-fi signal, which he had been leeching off
> >>for free, claiming he's entitled to it because the wi-fi waves are
> >>in the air which belongs to everyone.  
>  
> >When I was doing DSL support, I once took a call from a guy who
> >needed help configuring his new router. That was a very routine call
> >but when we got to the part of setting a password, he said he didn't
> >want to encrypt his signal. I warned him that he was opening himself
> >up to neighbours stealing his WiFi and that stealing WiFi was a
> >felony in some jurisdictions. He said he already knew that because
> >he was a police officer and that it was a class D felony (I think
> >that's the specific class he cited) in his state, which I believe was
> >California. I finished helping him configure his router without
> >encrypting the signal. I think he was the ONLY customer I ever had
> >that wanted his signal unencrypted in nearly 4 years!  
> 
> A Class D felony for use of an unencrypted radio signal? I don't think
> so.
> 
> >. . .   
Assuming he actually was a police officer and not just a poser, I
figured he'd know better than me. 

Besides, I might be misremembering that it was Class D; it was 20 years
ago after all. Or maybe he said Class D misdemeanour. 

Are these "classes" of felonies consistent across all the states or
would a Class D in California be completely different from a Class D in
Illinois?

-- 
Rhino