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October 28, 2005, 12:59 pm

Just wondering what people's position is on this.
If you have a wireless or wifi internet connection in range
of your laptop or desktop machine and you tap in to use it
is it OK?
I would prolly try it for a bit then quickly log off and never
use it again because to me it would feel wrong to use it.

Re: If there's a wifi or wireless connection nearby is it moral to tap in and use it?
On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:29:24 +0930, John

In most places it is unlawful and seen as theft
unless it is an open connection system where general
access approval has been given - like some of those
community access sites.

Re: If there's a wifi or wireless connection nearby is it moral to tap in and use it?

more likely, like most home users, they
have no idea how to apply basic, let alone
decent, security to the wireless network.
Yeah you can buy good and easy to use
software, but few home users know that or
have enough knowledge to do more than
stick the CD in and let it run itself;
thus they even have problems getting the
software properly installed and set up.

Re: If there's a wifi or wireless connection nearby is it moral to tap in and use it?

That being said, most insurance companies won't pay out if they find out
that you left your car unlocked when it was stolen. It happened to me,
they found the car burnt out, the door unlocked and no immobiliser.
--
Wing.
Wing.

Re: If there's a wifi or wireless connection nearby is it moral to tap in and use it?

I disagree, to steal a car, even an unlocked one would require me to
enter the persons car, hotwire said car, and drive off with it Knowing
fully well that i was stealing a car.
If a computer has a wireless network card i can quite easily imagine
the computer taking advantage of having a neighbor with unsecured
network without the user even knowing it.
A computer illiterate person would not question where internet access
was comming from, he/she might just assume they dialed up in the normal
way.

Re: If there's a wifi or wireless connection nearby is it moral to tap in and use it?

You have not read the trespass act rod.
If you leave your house unlocked and someone comes in thats not illigal
just immoral.
They are not breaking any laws unless you tell them to leave and they
dont. Then its trespass.

Re: If there's a wifi or wireless connection nearby is it moral to tap in and use it?

That's an issue I have always wondered about.
I presume you would need file &printer sharing off and good S/W firewall ,
AV , Browserhijack protection.
What else do you need to do to keep yourself unmolested when using an open
AP like that.
Colin
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