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Nov 13 2006

Report: Singapore teen faces 3 years’ jail for tapping into another’s wireless Internet

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A Singapore teenager has been charged with tapping into someone else’s wireless Internet connection, a crime that carries a penalty of up to three years in jail, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Garyl Tan Jia Luo, 17, is the first person to be charged with this crime under the Computer Misuse Act, the Straits Times reported.

The report said Tan is accused of using a laptop computer to gain unauthorized access to a home wireless network on May 13.

The newspaper said a neighbor had apparently lodged a complaint against Luo.

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  1. Signa - November 13, 2006 at 11:57 pm

    man they are harsh in singapore! its too easy to do that by accident if you live in an apartment and the owner of the router is a dumbass

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