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
Man Accused of Stealing iPhone Prototype Commits Suicide
July 22, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under news
A Chinese worker suspected of stealing a prototype iPhone committed suicide last week when he jumped off a 12-floor building. The former classmates of 25-yeer-old Sun Danyong allege that Sun was driven over the edge by the security team of his employers. The team allegedly searched his house, beat him, and locked him in a room.
Whatever really happened, you can expect some noise. Sun’s employer, Foxconn, has a long-time business relationship with (who else?) Apple. The company’s also known among geeks as the iPhone manufacturer. Sun Dayong was responsible for delivering 16 iPhone prototypes to Apple’s campus in Cupertino.
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