Since you are subscribing to this list I would expect that you are a "security type" person yourself.
I don't want to sound weak or anything and I am far from a bible basher or the like, but professionally I beleive security involves alot of ethics, No one can tell you want to do but at the end of the day we are all working towards the same goal. There are plenty of websites that can influence your judgement (just ask google) Here is a good site https://www.isc2.org/cgi-bin/content.cgi?category=12 Here are some points that I beleive are valid for this scenario which you could take away from this and make your own call. 1.Contribute to society and human well-being. The society in this case is our security one. 2.Avoid harm to others. If you found it, this means your neighbours can too. Are they as nice as you ? What other "holes" do they have? 3.Be honest and trustworthy. Self explanitory 4.Respect the privacy of others. Self explanitory 5.Improve public understanding of computing and its consequences. We should share our technical knowledge (which is why this list exists) to benefit the greater good. If I were you I would notify them of their in-securities and resist using it. You will be contributing to improving internet security (not just your own but everyones) and you never know, they may reward you with some free bandwidth that you can use lawfully (I wouldn't do it for this reason alone). If they give you the cold shoulder and tell you to **** off, then go for gold ( I may have just discredited myself here ... ), use as much bandwidth as you can. Just don't do anything harmful or illegal to other systems while using it. Cheers Clint -----Original Message----- From: Amit P. Gandre [mailto:agandre@;cise.ufl.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: WIRELESS THEFT Hi Can someone tell me if there are any laws regarding wireless theft? One of the apartment complexes near mine has free wireless connections offered to their residents. Now, my computer happens to catch that signal. Now, is that illegal. If so, how should I go about dealing with this issue. Amit
