IBM called the cops on people in their HQ parking lot using their wifi system?
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The story about IBM was their IT manager was wondering why he was seeing so much bandwidth usage on holidays, when no one was in the building in New Jersey.  He noticed cars in the parking lot and traced the signals.\n\nBoom, the folks were busted for tresspassing and stealing services (the signal).\n\nIf a hotel walked up to someone in their parking lot, they could just say "I was about to check-in, in fact, I'm booking this hotel online at this very moment"\n\nHard to prove intent to steal services at that point, same think with a potential tresspass charge.
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Had sex in a parking bay outside a shopping center.  Was stoned and got busted by the police for having sex in the parking bay! Luckily was not caught for dope!! (its illegal to have sex in a public place here where i stay) \n\nGot into major trouble but luckily no police records were put on me, got away with murder i think!! lol
270356
i don't think so, did u raised a report to the network provider for blocking the sim and cell? if reached to dirty hands they can use the mbl for crimes like exhortion etc and u will b held responsible, take care
488007
yup.. backed into a telephone.. in a spot i wasn't supposed to be parked in anyway..while i was at work.. after a meeting had just let out and a bunch of managers were walking by...yup, I'm the smartest!!!
714457
did they take all of your fingerprints to cross reference them.\n\nthey would have had to also fingerprint every employee that works there to cross reference.\n\nOften because of those stupid CSI shows people get angry if they come out and only take a report, so often they do a dog and pony show to make you feel they are doing something.\n\nUnless there is a video tape of the work area showing someone doing it,  no not much of a chance.
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i shattered my ankle once and as a result i was in bed for like 3 months so my grandfater loaned me his scanner, i was lying there one night and i heard the local(so close i could see the police staition from my window) pd and they were talking about a group of suspicious persons walking around and then one cop actually reffered to these ppl as a group of (n-word) and the other one said "yeah there in the wrong neighboorhood lets get em" they detained these ppl for something like 90 mins and kept running there names and harrassing them, also my scanner could pick up wireless phones and pager messages too there was some pretty interesting things there?!?
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Face it: if you're like us your laptop is more important than your car (especially since living in the city you don't even own a car). In an effort to cash in make users feel more safe carrying their investments, Absolute Software licensed the name LoJack to make a LoJack-like system for your portable. Apparently the software installs a silent agent into the machine's BIOS which sends a IP address or phone number upon Internet connection to help identify its physical location in case it should "go missing". (We're not really sure how it pulls the phone digits, though.) A bit different from SkyHook, but hey, LoJack even offers a $1,000 recovery guarantee for your machine so you feel that much more safe cruising around at night with your precious gear. Just don't forget to freaking back up and use decent passwords though, ok? Identity theft totally sucks, and you really don't want to have to get this guy on the case.
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They also kept me for three hours, removed everything that I had in my pockets (they put it in bags) and made me wait among suspicious people, even after presenting valid documentation. \n\nOf course my blonde friend passed with an expired drivers license... If they keep doing racial profiling, one of these days they are going to be sued... Any lawyer there ready to make big bucks with class action suing?
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The idea of these hotspots is to have guests sit in the restaurant and use it while eating/drinking/etc. They're purposely designed to have very short range. A different NIC with a bigger antenna might be able to pick up the signal better.
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Depends!  I have never personally had one!  But, I've heard its hard because they call and hang up call and hang up, drive by and go by your work and a bunch of weird crazy stuff.  If I were you I would go to the police.
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It is generally considered theft and more people are getting arrested/prosecuted for it.  As for open networks, in my experiences most people are unaware as to how to (or even the need for) protected wifi networks.  The article below gives an account of
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WELL SINCE YOU ALSO HAVE INTERNET...EMAIL THE POLICE! LOL
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!\n\nThanks i needed that.\n\nOr it could have been Evil American Butterfly being controlled by the CIA's elite Jewish alien hybrids out at area 51.\n\nPut on your tin foil cap now..\n\nThey are watching us all....
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Police are trained very heavy in multi-tasking so yes the can talk on the phone and chase people at high speeds and talk on the radio while running after someone and send a description of the suspect via phone or radio. So give them a bit of a break. Tough job. Before you criticize try it first. Bet you will be all over them thanking them when YOU need them. \nBut yes you Can report them if they are relay doing something wrong. just get the car number. But as far as speeding for them...How do you know they are not on a mission....they do have to obey the laws but if they are on a call that needs a silent alarm..do you know...NO. And buy the way Fire trucks and Ambulances have to adhere to the rules too..even with the lights and sirens on!
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Funny you mention that. The police chief of Chiago already wants cameras in the homes of felons. Yes we are entering a total police state here in the USA. There are also directional mics in the public areas with those cameras to listen in on your conversations. The justification for these mics is classic disinfo. I have heard that the mics are to triangulate gun shots, yeah they can do that, but mostly they are here to spy on us. But don't just worry about the cameras. State governments are implementing RFID technology into your cars registration stickers. And there are even plans on making a system like Onstar mandatory so basically you will have to "check in" with your state government in some way before you can even drive your car! It is really beyond 1984 what is being set up here in the US, and the national news will NOT tell you its happening.
97091
dude, call the cops. that's invasion of privacy!
962056
with wifi all they need is to get some packit. but through the Internet they need to put a keyhook or worm on the hard drive the frist thing to do is DELETE your temp internet files