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Re: Re: Legality of WEP Cracking

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Subject: Re: Re: Legality of WEP Cracking
From: cwright@bdosyd.com.au
Date: 19 May 2007 03:46:23 -0000
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>"sniffing the air" is legal

Well actually, if this is sniffing as in intentially capturing an electronic 
transmission, than this is illegal and also criminal.

Interecption + telcomunications - permission = criminal act 
this is true in the US, CA, UK, AU etc

So actually even capturing packets is illegal, proof is difficult though.

Regards
Craig

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