Australian Police to Patrol Against Wardriving
July 22, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Laptops, Wireless, news
Now it’s clear: in Australia, wardriving is illegal. To drive home the point, police in Queensland will conduct regular patrols to identify unsecured hotspots. The plan is to sniff out these supposed havens of criminal activity (evildoers piggyback through WiFi to carry out their nefarious schemes apparently) and warn homeowners and businesses who’ve left their door open.
I don’t get the point of this exercise though: Yes, homeowners wouldn’t like random strangers leeching off their connectivity, but the neighborhood coffee shop isn’t exactly vigilant about who uses their hotspot, so long as the coffee’s paid for. If I was an evildoer, …read more
The Daily Gadget Blog: IT Confessionals, Wii Fit Frisky, Second Largest Apple Store
June 18, 2008 by Kori Ellis
Filed under Announcements
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## Australia now has the second largest Apple store in the universe.
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