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Originally Posted by silvrhand
Not correct, but war driving is a bit different. You aren't actually connecting to the network you are listening for routers that are broadcasting their networks, aka SSID broadcast.
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Yeah, I seriously doubt it's illegal. It would be really unreliable to try actually sending or receiving data thru the access points found if you're moving in a car anyway. The iPhone 3G can transmit and receive data thru via the cellular network anyway.
If it were illegal, competitors like Skyhook would be breaking the law by hiring war drivers. See
http://www.skyhookwireless.com/careers/drivers.php and
http://www.skyhookwireless.com/howitworks/faq.php. Skyhook provides the data that's used by the iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch (see
http://www.skyhookwireless.com/inaction/apple.php).
You can watch this story about a war driver hired by Skyhook Wireless and the technology at
http://www.technowtv.com/?cat=999194...34#videoplayer.