Is it really so much to ask to have people who are making and enforcing laws concerning technology actually understand the technology they"re dealing with? Following the series of recent arrests of people for using open WiFi networks, the definition of illegal equipment is being stretched.
In the UK arrest, the guy was arrested for "possessing equipment for fraudulent use of a communications service," which all of us who have WiFi in our laptops probably are guilty of. At least that"s just in the UK. Over here in the US it"s apparently still legal to have WiFi equipment -- but if you dare try to boost your signal with an antenna, watch out. According to the head of the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force, the popular "cantenna" device is completely illegal.