Something that many students in umass do, might start to become illegal; leeching off others wireless internet. Many people take their laptops to class, to a common room, or just around campus and sit down and connect to whatever network they find in range. It seems like a harmless crime that could now start to be cracked down.
The average user does not secure their wireless network, or even know they can. The average user is also very unlikely to know their internet is being leeched off of. Which makes it hard to find offenders. The average internet user also is unlikely to use all their bandwidth, making "piggybacking" seemingly harmless.
In the USA the only problem that could arise when people abuse "piggybacking", commonly called wardriving. Which is driving around with a computer looking to find open, unsecured wireless to connect and download large files. Otherwise, this isn't likely to make a huge splash in US law. Most likely it will give attention to this issue to common internet users who will secure their home networks.
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