Seriously, if you leave your WiFi connection unlocked, what do you expect?
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Stealing my neighbor's internets
Seriously, if you leave your WiFi connection unlocked, what do you expect?
Best Frenemy you could have!
lol, can't beat visiting a client, finding an unsecured network, asking, and finding out it's next door, top notch lawyer etc. Couldn't find any computers, but logged into his modem. Advised client to tell neighbour...
The Flying Dutchman
Haha, did pretty much the same.Originally Posted by Gremlin
Neighbours got wireless internet at the same time they got a dog which wouldn't stop barking.
So got into their modem and renamed their internet connection "Noisy Dog". I should have put a password in at the same time to make it a little harder for them to change once they realised they were logging into "Noisy Dog".
Anyway, they got the message.
McNoob
meh my wifi is open, and plugged in to an amp .. and still my neighbors won't steal it
Double shot!!
Use - don't abuse. Wifi is so useful like that - it'd be great if everyone shared.
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Forum whore
What do I expect? Maybe the same as if I park my car in the driveway, thieving fuckwits not to steal it? It's an offense that carries a decent fine and/or jail time in this country btw, but I guess that doesn't bother you, didn't stop you on the last one.
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oh noes, think of the industry! if you all abuse it there won't be one
we pay to share a mates Internet connection, and had to buy $400 worth of wireless gear to get enough signal!
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Rider in training
Just because stealing something is easy doesn't make it right ... and if you didn't pay for it, and are deriving a benefit from something that someone else has paid for, you can be reasonably confident you are stealing.
Just because someone leaves there car unlocked does not make it ok to steal their car. Sure they might be foolish to leave it unlocked - but it is still not right to steal the car.
I'm not aware of any cases in NZ yet where there has been successful prosecution for WiFi bandwidth theft, but it has certainly happened overseas (Britain was the last case I read about).
3825 67 944779 (oh yeah)
It depends on the situation - if Im downloading something that would land me in jail - I use the neighbours wi-fi.
p/t for those of you on the rag or living in Edgecumbe
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Well if you want to dob me in, I can give you the number of the Bangkok police,but I think they have more serious problems to deal with. Like dealing with the brink of a civil war.
Anyway, I'm not really stealing, more like just using. It's like those bullshit piracy ads before movies, asking if you would steal a car. No I wouldn't, but if I could make a free copy of one I would.
Technique obsessed
It depends, though, if the owner has a flat-rate or data-based plan. Plus you're crowding out some of their bandwidth, if they happen to be using it at the same time.Anyway, I'm not really stealing, more like just using. It's like those bullshit piracy ads before moves, asking if you would steal a car. No I wouldn't, but if I could make a free copy of one I would.
Those piracy ads are retarded. Especially when you consider that the only people who have to see them are the paying customers.
Grumpy Old Bastard
Good thinking, Tank...
Knew a guy years ago got caught using the neighboour's gas line..he'd burrowed under the boundary and tapped into their main...the constabulary took a pretty dim view of his activities funnily enough...as did the gas Co...no sense of adventure or enterprise those buggers!
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Rocket Surgeon
One place we lived in there was no more room on the exchange. So we hooked into a neighbours wireless connection, about a week in we approached him, and offered to secure it and pay towards the rental if we could share it. Ended up never getting DSL when the exchange freed up.
3825 67 944779 (oh yeah)
People do that to:. It's like those bullshit piracy ads before movies, asking if you would steal a car. No I wouldn't, but if I could make a free copy of one I would.
Deus ex ukulele
Just about every motel in the USA and Canada has free, unlocked wifi. You never see people in cars parked up outside these flogging bandwidth. Why not? Because bandwidth over there is largely ubiquitous and cheap.
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