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Unintended invitation: organizational wi-fi use by external roaming users

Published: 01 August 2007 Publication History

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Unauthorized users risk civil and criminal liability; Wi-Fi network providers risk system intrusion and disruption.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 50, Issue 8
August 2007
94 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1278201
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Published: 01 August 2007
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