Volume: 9 Issue: 4
(April 2007)
Keywords:
wi-fi
adaptation
legislation
deal
wireless
piggybacking
wi-fi
usage
networks
expand
cities
around
world
cases
people
accessed
private
wi-fi
network
without
As Wi-Fi usage and networks expand in cities around the world, so have cases where people have accessed a private Wi-Fi network without permission. Cyril Chua and Arthur Yap, of Alban Tay Mahtani & de Silva, Singapore, examine how the law has been applied in these cases, and how the law is adapting to bring this relatively new crime under its remit.