Why are GPS, WiFi, and Cell Phone Jammers Illegal in the United States? If the device doesn’t have an FCC-ID it isn’t legal for consumers own or operate the device. It is also illegal to sell or market the device in the US. See info below from an FAQ about jammers by the Federal Communications [...]
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WiFi Positioning Databases WiFi positioning databases store the BSSID, GPS coordinates and RSSI value. The information is collected by wardriving efforts and/or crowd sourced using mobile phones such as the iPhone and Android phones. Below are several companies that maintain WiFi positioning databases also known as BSSID databases and WiFi triangulation/trilateration databases. Skyhook Wireless – [...]
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FCC Frees Up Vacant TV Airwaves For “Super Wi-Fi” Technologies Google has been a big proponent of opening up white space for data networking. For Google it is mainly about increasing the number of potential users for their services. “When it comes to opening these airwaves, we believe the public interest is clear. But we [...]
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Is Stealing WiFi Illegal? I think most people have used open networks when an Internet connection is needed and no other option is available but using someone else’s connection for an extended period of time is a security risk and probably illegal where you live. Watch video the below where a lady calls into Leo [...]
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Is It Illegal to Use Other People’s Wireless Internet? The topic of stealing WiFi Internet access or legality of using someone else’s WiFi Internet access is always entertaining because almost everyone has an opinion on this subject and in almost every case each person is convinced that their view is right. I’m no different — [...]
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Community wireless initiatives using services/products like FON and Whisher rely on end users to share their broadband Internet connections so it made sense to survey the Terms of Services (TOS) and/or Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP), for the the top US Internet Service Providers to see which ones would be more suitable for users who would [...]
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