Hacking other peoples Wi-Fi password is not permissible under Islam.
This was asserted by a well known Islamic cleric from Dubai, UAE.
hacking into a secured Wi-Fi account is not permissible at all.
It is like crossing the property rights of others.
UAEs legal advisor said that UAEs cybercrime law makes only hacking into a secured Wi-Fi account illegal.
Only if he hacks into the account is the act prosecuted by the cybercrime law.
If it were proven, the offender is usually sentenced to a Dh1,000 fine or so.
Eissa said that she once caught the cleaners in her building using her apartments Wi-Fi account.
Our corridor was always cleaner than the others.
Then one day, she caught them using Skype from her familys data pipe.
Another housewife from Syria too had a similar query for the religious scholar.
Shahd Mardini had a hacking attack on her Wi-Fi.
When we called Etisalat they kept asking us to restart and refresh.
An Etisalat representative checked the problem and concluded that their account must have been hacked.
So we changed the router and he gave us a new password.
Then it became normal again, Ms Mardini said.
source: www.techworm.net
