OT: Man Charged With Stealing Wi-Fi Signal - Yahoo! News

[Badger, Shawn]

If you put your phone out on the curb without a lock on it which is what
basically what people are doing by leaving their WAPs open!

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Subject: Re: OT: Man Charged With Stealing Wi-Fi Signal - Yahoo! News

Jared Anderson wrote:

>Even better - the networks without any security AND DHCP.  This is a 
>far cry from *unauthorized access*, a third degree felony - it is
literally an invitation.
>
>The article fails to mention if the guy 'hacked' into this dude's 
>network or was granted access
>  
>
Considering the default settings on most wireless routers, I doubt it
was 'hacked' in the sense of 'broken into nefariously'.  I bet $10 that
it was offering connections to anyone who came within range.

Still, though, even if I leave my front door wide open, that doesn't
give you the right to come in and make some calls on my phone...

alex
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