[jellicle]

> Cisco's anti-rogue AP tech attacks these hotspots and causes continuous disconnects. That is likely legal.

Why would it be legal to order your computing device to disrupt someone else's computing services?

Just for reference here, under US Federal law:

> knowingly causes the transmission of a program, information, code, or command, and as a result of such conduct, intentionally causes damage without authorization, to a protected computer;

> the term “damage” means any impairment to the integrity or availability of data, a program, a system, or information;

A protected computer is any computer connected to the internet.

Taking any action to impair the availability of data, a program, or a system to any computer connected to the internet is a felony in the United States.

[morcheeba]

That's the Computer Fraud and Abuse act -- not the FCC's domain of wireless spectrum.

[jellicle]

You're right! It is also a crime under the FCC laws. If you manage to interfere with internet-connected computers, using radio communication, you're breaking multiple laws at once. Better hope you have a good lawyer.

[Dylan16807]

You could make an argument that if they set the SSID to CorpWiFi that they have joined the CorpWiFi network, and it's perfectly okay for other parts of that network to decide what connects to what.

There's probably a way to use the CFAA against someone setting up a fake AP, too.