Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
Tyrion wrote:
Tracy R Reed wrote:
Do your neighbors know you are stealing their wireless?
Is it truly stealing if the AP is not secured?
Legally? Yes. Most of the rulings have gone that way. This is
similar to an unlocked house. An unlocked front door does not mean
you can cart off everything inside.
That having been said: does anybody care? Probably not.
(Not being a lawyer) I would think that the analogy would better fit an
unlocked house if all you are doing is using the facilities (and
assuming that the water and electric of said facilities are unlimited
use). The AP isn't going to cost more because of higher usage. The
only real problem is that it may slow down the speed of access for the
person paying for the service.
Come to think of it, I think the analogy would better fit some transient
(living in some nearby cubbyhole) using the spigot on the side of your
house to drink from and to wash his hands and face every now and again
(assuming you would not have to pay more for the extra water). Assuming
that you are not taking a nice warm shower at the time, what's the harm?
But I am not a lawyer (or any other strange critter akin to it).
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Ralph
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Security and privacy are not opposite ends of a seesaw; you don't have
to accept less of one to get more of the other.
--Bruce Schneier
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