Breaking in an encrypted router uses Wi-Fi is not a crime, a Dutch court ruled. WiFi hackers can not be accused of breach of security on the router.
A court in The Hague ruled earlier this month that it is legal to break the security of using wireless Internet access. The court also decided that the piggybacing on open WiFi network in bars and hotels can not be processed. In many countries these two actions are illegal and often can be fined.
Judgments related to the case of a student who has threatened to pull out all the other Maerlant College High School The Hague. He issued a threat to 4chan.org Internet bulletin board using the Wi-Fi that has broken. Students convicted of sending a message, and was sentenced to 20 hours of community service, but was released, WiFi hacking charges.
The judge ruled that the student has no access to computers connected to the router, but only used Internet routers. Under Dutch law the last time a computer is prohibited.
A computer in the Netherlands is defined as a machine that is used for three things: storage, processing and transmission of data. A router can not be described as a computer because he used to transmit data or process and not for storage of bits and bytes. Hacking a device, no computer laws, is not illegal, and can not be prosecuted, the court concluded.
If a secure connection to WiFi network is hacked or open WiFi is used for downloading, the action could be tried under civil law, criminal lawyer, said Matthew Blokzijl Advocaten van de Linde. The decision led to some controversy in the Netherlands. Van de Linde found that the verdict "remarkable." He thought that most people in the Netherlands take on a WiFi network piracy is illegal. He added that the law used by the court in this case was formed in the nineties, and may be obsolete, since it is not intended to cover WiFi networks.
The Dutch public prosecutor has decided to appeal. Within two years what is control the High Court of the Netherlands, who will decide the router to configure the computer to Dutch law.
Hacking or even "piggybacking" on a open WiFi connection is illegal in many countries. In some U.S. states unauthorized access to a network is a criminal offense to the parasite in other countries can be fined. Torrent WiFi in Britain can be fined or arrested, according to the intentions of leeches.
A court in The Hague ruled earlier this month that it is legal to break the security of using wireless Internet access. The court also decided that the piggybacing on open WiFi network in bars and hotels can not be processed. In many countries these two actions are illegal and often can be fined.
Judgments related to the case of a student who has threatened to pull out all the other Maerlant College High School The Hague. He issued a threat to 4chan.org Internet bulletin board using the Wi-Fi that has broken. Students convicted of sending a message, and was sentenced to 20 hours of community service, but was released, WiFi hacking charges.
The judge ruled that the student has no access to computers connected to the router, but only used Internet routers. Under Dutch law the last time a computer is prohibited.
A computer in the Netherlands is defined as a machine that is used for three things: storage, processing and transmission of data. A router can not be described as a computer because he used to transmit data or process and not for storage of bits and bytes. Hacking a device, no computer laws, is not illegal, and can not be prosecuted, the court concluded.
If a secure connection to WiFi network is hacked or open WiFi is used for downloading, the action could be tried under civil law, criminal lawyer, said Matthew Blokzijl Advocaten van de Linde. The decision led to some controversy in the Netherlands. Van de Linde found that the verdict "remarkable." He thought that most people in the Netherlands take on a WiFi network piracy is illegal. He added that the law used by the court in this case was formed in the nineties, and may be obsolete, since it is not intended to cover WiFi networks.
The Dutch public prosecutor has decided to appeal. Within two years what is control the High Court of the Netherlands, who will decide the router to configure the computer to Dutch law.
Hacking or even "piggybacking" on a open WiFi connection is illegal in many countries. In some U.S. states unauthorized access to a network is a criminal offense to the parasite in other countries can be fined. Torrent WiFi in Britain can be fined or arrested, according to the intentions of leeches.
