[SML] Huh.. Interesting

[Dale Farmer]

Two different cases.  The Marriott case got a 600kbuck fine.  The other case is still on appeal, last I heard, but the fine was in the same neighborhood.     
FCC hit it in two grounds.  A. Interfering with a FCC licensed service,  and B. Misusing a licensed service.   
The technical bits were that the hotel WiFi network would detect a "rogue WiFi hub".  Such as your cell phone when you put it into Hotspot mode.  It would send data packets to any device that was setting up a WiFi connection with the rogue WiFi hub, impersonating the ID of the rogue WiFi hub that told the device to end the session.  Then the device would have to go through the whole discovery and session setup rigamarole again.  Then it would get another spoofed shutdown packet.  Repeat ad infinitum.    
So connectivity was not totally blocked, but was slower than pouring molasses outdoors in january.  The expensive hotel provided WiFi was of course, not bothered.  
Dale




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From: Ford Sellers via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> 
Date: 01/06/2016  15:01  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Joe D <jdunfee12 at yahoo.com>, Stagecraft Mailing List <stagecraft at theatrical.net> 
Cc: Ford Sellers <fsellers at chauvetlighting.com> 
Subject: Re: [SML] Huh.. Interesting 

I believe there was a lawsuit last year against a major hotel chain for jamming outside Wi-fi signals in their convention facilities (via DNS attacks, I think), to force people to purchase and not share their internet service.

IIRC, the FCC was deeply unamused.

-Ford

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Blocking is not the same as transmitting a signal designed to interfere.  Also, in this situation, the user is putting the phone in the case.

-Joe

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