no kiding!Do they want more people using it
Open wifi is the same leaving the front door open with a sign that says welcome all visitors on your yard or expecting that all conversations on CB radios within your home are private. Wifi propagating outside of their property is their own responsibility to secure.no kiding!
I wouldn't advertise that I have wireless.
Also, we live in a family neighborhood, so if someone was parked, they'd get a beating from PedoBear.
Bad analogy.Open wifi is the same leaving the front door open with a sign that says welcome all visitors on your yard or expecting that all conversations on CB radios within your home are private. Wifi propagating outside of their property is their own responsibility to secure.
No its not. Security is available on almost all wifi routers available - open setting means no access restriction and many wifi clients automatically connect to open access points without any user action.Bad analogy.
It's like leaving the keys in the ignition of your car... it's still grand theft auto 3.
You can't define laws as you please. Someone got arrested and charged. The case is pending. In the meantime, based on the arrest, it's illegal to access open wifi without authorzationNo its not.
Welcome to the year 2008.stoked to have internet in my new pad! even if it is stolen from the neighbors.
You can't define laws as you please. Someone got arrested and charged. The case is pending. In the meantime, based on the arrest, it's illegal to access open wifi without authorzation
It has no absolute relevance and there is no generally established laws.You can't define laws as you please. Someone got arrested and charged. The case is pending. In the meantime, based on the arrest, it's illegal to access open wifi without authorzation
Is it legal to use someone's Wi-Fi connection to browse the Web if they haven't put a password on it?
Nobody really knows. "It's a totally open question in the law," says Neal Katyal, a professor of criminal law at Georgetown University. "There are arguments on both sides."
Ah, right, you know everything... you should go down there an educate them.Thats because they have no idea WTF they are legislating about and that is local legislation - it has no absolute relevance.
Absolutely not - see quote in last post. No generally accepted laws established.Bottomline is... today, you can be arrested anywhere in the USA for accessing open wifi without authorization. That's the end of the story.
What part of "arrest" do you not understand? They can arrest you and since no legislation has been formed that says that it is clearly legal, then it's not a false arrest.Absolutely not - see quote in last post. No generally accepted laws established.
Actually they also have laws proposed to prosecute the providers too even if they aren't offering free access:What part of "arrest" do you not understand? They can arrest you and since no legislation has been formed that says that it is clearly legal, then it's not a false arrest.
If being arrested, booked and charged sounds like a good time, go for it.
The proposed law would address many of these risks. The way the law reads, all commercial businesses that use wireless networks and maintain personal information would be required to have “secure networks that protect the public from potential identity theft and other potential threats such as computer viruses and data corruption.” For example, a retail establishment that uses a wireless network to process credit card transactions would be required to install a firewall, one of the easiest and least expensive ways to guard a network from attack. They would have to file a note of compliance with the county.
Too?Actually they also have laws proposed to prosecute the providers too even if they aren't offering free access:
As the CNET article says there are arguments on both sides. Its not clear legally but technologically open means no access restrictions. If you leave your network open no authorization is the choice you made when you set it up.Too?
So you've changed opinion then?
Jesus dude, WTF is your problem?As the CNET article says there are arguments on both sides. Its not clear legally but technologically open means no access restrictions. If you leave your network open no authorization is the choice you made when you set it up.
and there it is...D.
You're trying way too hard to justify 'stealing' access.
ha!Opie for prez.
Let's be clear here, I'm not passing judgement on ANYONE. I steal music off the 'net... but I am stealing.and there it is...D
Unless it's declared "free access" as in the wifi at the coffee shop, or in downtown Portland (where you have to agree to usage terms) it's still stealing.As the CNET article says there are arguments on both sides. Its not clear legally but technologically open means no access restrictions. If you leave your network open no authorization is the choice you made when you set it up.
And there are no laws yet you tard so its not clear either way.Jesus dude, WTF is your problem?
You cannot define laws you 'tard.
I agree I used to do the same thing..steal internet, cable TV and music...but I have since reformed my ways....I say good on you...although there may be no current specific laws on wireless stealing, it's pretty simple....LB is stealing something that does not belong to him....no judgment here I just wouldn't do it...Dha!
Let's be clear here, I'm not passing judgement on ANYONE. I steal music off the 'net... but I am stealing.
EDIT: I used to steal, I no longer steal music, it was stealing. I was wrong. I have since deleted it all and no longer steal anything. Not that I'm some reformed and better person, but rather I have a kid on the way and I gotta behave for him.
You can be arrested, end of story.And there are no laws yet you tard so its not clear either way.
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I don't see how this is relevant...it's clearly being stolen and LB knows this.....DAnd there are no laws yet you tard so its not clear either way.
Technologically open means no authorization is required to access the network.
Open access can be clearly be unintentional. Many OS like WinXP SP2 and OSX may be configured to automatically connect to any available wireless network and embedded wifi clients in various devices may do the same. Some computers/devices will join the network without any visible indication depending on configuration. A user maybe intend to join one network may instead end up on another one if the signal is stronger maybe they have no clue what they are doing or the SSIDs are the same because they were not changed from default. It can be unintentional on the side of the server, client, or both.
I get the feeling he's used, "She asked for it."Burglary is still burglary, even if the door is open.
Syadasti invented the internet back in 88.
Al Gore stole it from him, hence why Syadasti has been bitter since.
If I hold a gun that is loaded, but since I didn't load it nor did I check to see if it was loaded, am I still at fault if it goes off and kills someone?It can be unintentional on the side of the server, client, or both.
man, I wish I was ignorant about 2g1c, goatse and all that the internet has to offer.Ignorance is not bliss.