When i see things like this i sometimes wonder if (in america at least) this could be illegal under wiretapping laws. Obviously it seems justified because the

When i see things like this i sometimes wonder if (in america at least) this could be illegal under wiretapping laws. Obviously it seems justified because the laptop was stolen, but i've heard about stranger things. For instance one of my CS profs (Sam King, UIUC) told us in class about a honey pot experiment he was running once. The whole idea was just to monitor what intruders would typically do on an unprotected system by recording shell sessions. When they were getting the experiment approved by network admins it came up that this might count as wire tapping (Illinois has weirdly strict 'all parties consent' laws for wire tapping). So to protect themselves they had to add a disclaimer to the login prompt saying that user activities may be recorded. (nevermind the fact that these attackers would most likely not ever see the login prompt). So it raises the question, could this software pose a liability for the owner?