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by forgottenpass 3659 days ago
it's not illegal to crap up the half duplex medium of Part 15 wifi bands

It certainly can be. "Willful or malicious interference," 47 USC 333. If you're going to split hairs, at least know what the fuck you're talking about.

Emitting noise for the purpose of crapping up the wifi band is still malicious. If 2000 moms bring baby monitors to a conference is one thing, but entirely different than thinking you've found a sneaky legal hack by stuffing 2000 baby monitors into your suitcase.

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I want to play... :-)

What is willful? e.g. in the case of 2000 moms at a conference or a hotel/building with excessive wifi/etc. Would some of those fall under "willful interference"? Especially as willful and malicious is combined exclusively ("or") in writing.