Never underestimate a child pornographers ability to try to cover their own butts. Such is the case from one Javier Perez in Texas, who was purposely leaving his wireless access points open, so that if he ever got caught, he could pin the bad stuff on possible "leachers."
Here is how it went. A Yahoo! member sent an IM containing the picture of a naked child from an IP address registered to one Javier Perez. When the FBI found out, they raided Perez's apartment and found a CD-ROM containing more porn pictures. He was charged and subsequentially sentenced to more than 4 years in jail.
Perez appealed saying that his WiFi network was open and that the IM name was actually registered to his roommate. This did not satisfy the court, who upheld his sentence.
Every now and then, they get it right.
So the moral of the story? Don't think not locking down your wireless network with a password will help you escape the wrath of the US government ya sicko!!!
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