Title :
Wireless piggybacking case sets precedent: experts
By :
Date :
26 March 2007 1127 hrs (SST)
URL :
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/technologynews/view/266368/1/.html
SINGAPORE - When 17-year-old Garyl Tan Jia Luo piggybacked on his
neighbour's unsecured wireless Internet network to chat online, he
could not have imagined that in doing so he would make Asian legal
history.
Information technology (IT) experts and lawyers say Tan was the
first in Singapore, and possibly Asia, to be sentenced in court for
"wireless mooching," or piggybacking on an unsecured wireless
network to surf the Internet.
A judge in the city-state's district court sentenced him to 18
months' probation in January.
Tech-savvy Singapore, one of Asia's most wired nations, appears to
be the regional pioneer in clamping down on wireless network
freeloaders, IT experts and lawyers said.
