Interesting overseas views about Singapore charging a teenager for mooching. He was freeloading off his neighbour's unsecured wireless network, and was sentenced to a nine-month stay at Bukit Batok Hostel and 80 hours of community service, and banned from using the Internet for 18 months (No Burning Crusade for you, dude!).
Techdirt and Engadget covers the story.
An interesting comment from KevinG79 on Techdirt:
*Rolls Eyes* We're talking about a kid connecting to an UNSECURED ROUTER to check his e-mail. He didn't hack into their home network and plant a virus on the connected PCs. He didn't copy personal data.. he just used the connection for 15k of e-mail and IM traffic. Was it morally wrong to go on someone else's network? Sure. But I don't think the damn government has any say in it. Like others have said. If you're the type of moron who's too stupid to SECURE your wireless network then you DESERVE to have "bandwidth thieves" logging in to your network. Seriously. I think it should be illegal for these IDIOTS to operate an UNSECURED network. Stupid is as stupid does. People why whine and cry about someone accessing their unsecured network is the same as those who get all upset when someone breaks into their house (or car) because they were too stupid not to LOCK THE DOORS. Cry me a river. If you're such a moron, you deserve to be stole from. Maybe it'll teach you a lesson.
