Hi Kenneth,

IANAL. Radio emanations and IP routing are not labelled with human
intent. I believe there lies both the risks and freenet opportunities.

On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 00:36, Kenneth Gutierrez wrote:

[snip]

> Since my neighbor could prevent me from using his
> bandwidth with a simple push of a button, I'll assume
> he doesn't mind and keep using it. In the meantime I
> will shop around for an antenna in the hopes of
> connecting to a legitimate community access point from
> my home.

Since the laws of your country have not yet prevented you from using his
bandwidth/resources with a simple arrest and incarceration, you can
assume that what you are doing is risk free.

[snip]

> As far as security goes, I get the feeling that there
> are infinite levels of paranoia one can get swallowed
> up in, so I might as well just try to trust people.

And you might as well continue to just try to use people to your
personal benefit without a modicum of effort on your part to communicate
effectively over how to share a resource that costs. As long as it
doesn't cost you.

This seems to me to be a one-way reflection of trust.

shine,

.vortex

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