Laws regarding unauthoriized access of computers and computer networks are nothing new. It's up to the courts as to whether or not leaving a network unsecured is to permit public access, and the trend seems to be toward "not".

You can dislike it. You can disagree. You can make analogies showing you're in the right. You'll be modded up by the script kiddie wannabes on Slashdot, but a quick Google search shows people being found guilty.

I've no interest in being the guy on the Group W bench for pulling lolcatz through a factory fresh Linksys.