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Actually, what he did is perfectly legal under FEDERAL LAW:

18 U.S.C. § 2511 INTERCEPTION AND DISCLOSURE OF WIRE, ORAL, OR, ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

2 (g) It shall not be unlawful under this chapter [18 USCS §§ 2510 et seq.] or chapter 121 of this title [18 USCS §§ 2701 et seq.] for any person--

( i ) to intercept or access an electronic communication made through an electronic communication system that is configured so that such electronic communication is readily accessible to the general public;

( v ) for other users of the same frequency to intercept any radio communication made through a system that utilizes frequencies monitored by individuals engaged in the provision or the use of such system, if such communication is not scrambled or encrypted.

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Basically, any transmission that isn't encrypted may be legally intercepted and/or used. If the wifi wasn't encrypted, it's legal.

Unfortunately, this law probably won't even be referenced in the case, because few people know about it.