@Kaiser-Machead: Thats no knife my friend. The sword of destiny comes with an ancient tale of warning!

@TomXP411: I appreciate the clarification. That response was for a question about whether it was possible to have a password and not have encryption. We both seem to agree that it IS possible, but not useful. My main goal was to avoid giving someone the impression that if they enter a network password they are using…

@TomXP411: I have no idea what you're talking about. I never mentioned a web browser and I'm not talking about ssl.

@sparx104: Despite the situation the vagueness of certain international laws does make this a criminal action in certain countries. I think it is New Zealand that has a special law regarding any radio communications being intercepted if you are not the intended recipient. In the united states I believe it's worded…

@subtlescalpel: You can have password protection and not have encryption. It really depends on how the network is set up. For example some networks require a password to log onto(authentication), but then send everything with out encryption. So, yes, encryption can be different than having a password. Off the top of…

@Slinkytech: You don't have to hack newbs. Its like standing in a public place and listening to people talk and writing down what they say. If someone mentions their credit card number or password, is that your fault? As long as you don't use it there isn't anything illegal about about it.

@subtlescalpel: This is not what happened. They captured wifi-data in transit. This means any un-encrypted data flying around can be captured and assembled. People that don't use encryption on their networks login into their email using their passwords which traverses in cleartext wirelessly, same as emails or any…

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