Stealing Wi-Fi is just like watching Jersey Shore – it’s wrong, but everyone seems to do it.<\/p>\n
Using someone’s Wi-Fi could result in a little more than sneakily downloading a free version of Angry Birds on your neighbours account. Police recently raided a New Jersey home after an online threat was traced to the location of the residence – the problem was that the threat didn’t come from the targeted house.<\/p>\n
18-year old Stephanie Milan was watching the Food Network when a SWAT team burst through the door after they had traced the online threat originating from the house\u2019s location.<\/p>\n
The threat was posted on Topix.com, and mentioned explosives and harm to one of the police members, along with the officer\u2019s family.<\/p>\n
Police were looking for the computer which the post originated from.<\/p>\n
This computer equipment, police believed, had been used to post the threats, although it was evident that Stephanie Milan was not the perpetrator, and it\u2019s suggested that her Wi-Fi had been accessed unknowingly from outside users.<\/p>\n
Police did seize Milan\u2019s laptop for inspection, and have agreed to repair her front door, although her carpet remains damaged from the grenade that breached the door.<\/p>\n
So when stealing Wi-Fi, know that you’re already in the wrong, so posting threats to SWAT members is probably not going to help your case.<\/p>\n
This could be your front door:<\/p>\n