On 7/7/05, unixprgrmr01@netscape.net wrote: > > "Your door is wide open, you're broadcasting invitations, you give me your > address, you give me directions, you authorize me to enter, and you give me a lease (which can be renewed or may never expire)." > > YOU FOLKS SEEM TO BE FORGETTING ABOUT INTENT! If I do not intend for anyone to use my hookup to the net then regardless of others observations, whatever they may be, it is theft of services and use of hardware that I have paid for. > > Lynn > > I could argue that the very fact that your unsecured signal was brodcasting into a public place (or through the walls of my house) constitutes your intent for me to use it. Don't want me to use it? Put up some "keep out" and "no tresspassing" signs (even WEP or WPA would be enough to prove your true intent) or don't broadcast a public signal into my backyard. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss