greggdonnell
join:2004-07-04
Phoenix, AZ
| Try this out....
Was this person trespassing on someone's property? The signal was being broadcast beyond the limits of the owner's property and the "violator" was simply receiving the signal on his laptop. Now, it would be a different situation if the signal was properly encrypted and the "violator" took deliberate steps to crack into the system. Nearly all wireless routers come with some software to adjust signal strength and the level of encryption. The owners of such equipment should be made aware of these measures and the companies (Qwest, Verizon, etc) should educate their customers on the proper use of security. It would be very simple to include specific instructions for each new subscriber on how to set-up just basic security to prevent such occurances (i.e. "Disable SSID broadcast") |
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Damon85
Premium
join:2004-12-25
Louisville, KY | The signal the laptop was broadcasting back did trespass on the property. If you want to continue receiving my AP's SSID broadcast, feel free. Don't connect to it because then you're trespassing. |
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Dipsomaniac
Oh My, Yes.
join:2001-12-12
Toronto, ON
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
| 'Trespassing' with a radio signal? Dude, you're really reaching. By that logic, everyone with a cellphone is 'trespassing'. Using your own WiFi network in your own house is 'trespassing', since your signal doesn't stop at the walls. Using satellite radio is 'trespassing'.
Very weak analogy.
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Damon85
Premium
join:2004-12-25
Louisville, KY | Do your cell phone and satellite phone radio waves terminate at their destination inside my house? Is the Internet service you're using yours to use? No.
Very weak argument. |
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Dipsomaniac
Oh My, Yes.
join:2001-12-12
Toronto, ON
·Rogers Hi-Speed
| Yes, they do terminate. Perhaps not in a form you can use, but pretty much every piece of electronic equipment, for just one example, will pick up that radio signal and terminate it - and some will amplify it. I get taxi transmissions over my computer speakers all the time - are they trespassing?
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Damon85
Premium
join:2004-12-25
Louisville, KY | Are they doing it intentionally? |
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Dipsomaniac
Oh My, Yes.
join:2001-12-12
Toronto, ON | That doesn't matter. When you trespass on someone's property, it doesn't matter what your intent was. This is part of why your analogy simply does not hold.
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