Dragasoni
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Re: Deserved arrest
I agree, if they bought the equipment it's their responsibility to lock it down, period. If they leave it open, I consider it free for anyone within range to use.
I live in a high rise building and I can pick on 2 AP's in addition to mine. One uses RR an the other Verizon DSL. You bet when my RR goes down, I connect to the "linksys" SSID that is hooked up to Verizon. I use it to do simple things, I don't abuse it or anything. As far as I'm concerned, they'll never know about it and I don't think I risk being fined for it.
Now, do I drove around looking for free hotspots...No I don't. I think that is a bit more questionable for criminal intent, but not always.
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| said by Dragasoni  :If they leave it open, I consider it free for anyone within range to use. Unless you get permission from the AP owner(and I know you may not know who that is), then accessing the internet thru his system means you broke the law. You can rationalize things all you want, but you are a criminal - just not a caught criminal.
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Dragasoni
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| What if your life depended on it? What if you were going to die unless you got on the internet to...I don't get an antidote for a snake bite? Would you use a neighbors free access point?? I bet you would!
I know it's a dumb analogy, almost as dumb as the "just because you left your front door unlocked..." one I hear entirely too often.
Why should I take an extra step to protect the idiot next door? Like setting Windows to not automatically connect to any access point within range.
You "older" folks with your "morals" sound really stupid, you need to adapt to the year 2005.
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Quote me the EXACT law that says connecting to unsecured WiFi spots to connect to the Internet is illegal. I've seen you and several others in this thread flinging that accusation around but I've yet to see the actual law that defines it. I'm willing to bet you can't/won't find it. |
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| said by LinuxJunkie :Quote me the EXACT law that says connecting to unsecured WiFi spots to connect to the Internet is illegal. I've seen you and several others in this thread flinging that accusation around but I've yet to see the actual law that defines it. I'm willing to bet you can't/won't find it. It was posted by Doctor Dan in an earlier post. Read the thread and stop griping.
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| And again, that law doesn't apply to Wi-Fi, it applies to PCs. Unless you stretch to fit the law to suggest a router is a computer, which isn't implicit and would be a stretch. As it stands, there is no law on the books dealing with unsecured Wi-Fi access.
All the morality hyberbole is a little silly too, particularly in cases where nobody is harmed. Sounds like someone advocates a massive waste of government money by cracking down on people who aren't really criminals. |
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As the other poster said, that does NOT apply to unsecured wireless networks. If you never touch their computers on the LAN side of the wireless network, that law wouldn't even apply. Quit your grasping at straws.
Using YOUR logic, if you picked up a classmate's pocket calculator off their desk to use it to solve a problem without asking them, then they've just committed a third degree felony. After all, wouldn't that be "unauthorized access to a computer?" It's judges and people like you that love to over-interpet the laws that are making this country such an unbearable place to live. I'm sure you were all for the Supreme Court's decision to privatize the eminent domain clause as well. |
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oliphant
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It's wouldn't occur to you that it's just wrong would it? |
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| I think it's wrong if he accesses the person's PC, causes damage, throttles connections, engages in criminal activity etc.
Do I think it wrong if someone drives by a neighborhood, and uses a totally unprotected hotspot to send e-mail? Check stock quotes? Surf? No. Nobody is harmed.
Don't want that? Secure your hotspot.
The idea we'd start prosecuting such cases is utterly idiotic. |
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oliphant
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Corona, CA | Wow...cool.
It's the 4th and my neighbor has a nice pool. Wonder if they would mind me taking a dip and using their BBQ...after all nobody is harmed. |
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Karl Bode
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join:2000-03-02 | Physical real world trespass comparisons are stupid and you know it. |
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oliphant
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Corona, CA | And that would be how? No one is harmed in either case. It's an 'intrusion' in either case. We're using stuff that doesn't belong to us without knowledge of the OWNER in either case. I see it as a DIRECT comparison. |
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said by LinuxJunkie :Using YOUR logic, if you picked up a classmate's pocket calculator off their desk to use it to solve a problem without asking them, then they've just committed a third degree felony. After all, wouldn't that be "unauthorized access to a computer?" It's judges and people like you that love to over-interpet the laws that are making this country such an unbearable place to live. I'm sure you were all for the Supreme Court's decision to privatize the eminent domain clause as well. You would be a thief taking the calculator without asking(taking someones property - nothing to do with computers). And no, I didn't support the eminent domain ruling by SC:
This from 10 months ago:
»Re: [POLL]Should there be limits on Eminent Domain
And this from 2 weeks ago:
»Re: Supreme Court of the US Strikes.....
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And that would be how? No one is harmed in either case. It's an 'intrusion' in either case. We're using stuff that doesn't belong to us without knowledge of the OWNER in either case. I see it as a DIRECT comparison.
And that's a flaw in logic. Your pool is not sitting open and inviting in the middle of the street. It's probably fenced behind your house to avoid such intrusions. As your hotspot should be. |
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oliphant
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said by LinuxJunkie :As the other poster said, that does NOT apply to unsecured wireless networks. If you never touch their computers on the LAN side of the wireless network, that law wouldn't even apply. Quit your grasping at straws. Using YOUR logic, if you picked up a classmate's pocket calculator off their desk to use it to solve a problem without asking them, then they've just committed a third degree felony. After all, wouldn't that be "unauthorized access to a computer?" It's judges and people like you that love to over-interpet the laws that are making this country such an unbearable place to live. I'm sure you were all for the Supreme Court's decision to privatize the eminent domain clause as well. Yeah...although a foreign concept to you...you shouldn't take/use other people's crap without asking them. It's people like you that are the reason we have to lock our doors and encrypt our APs. You think everything is yours to use. |
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"Linksys" isn't a hospital, which is where you should probably go if you need snake venom antidote. That's not even taking into consideration the fact you'd be waiting about a week for your antidote anyway... two weeks if it's coming via the USPS.
You "younger" folks with your "everything's-free-attitude" make me feel ashamed to be a somewhat young person. I'm almost 20 and I could've told you 10 years ago that using someone else's Wi-Fi signal was wrong. Didn't anyone tell you it's wrong to take other people's things; physical or not? Is there a sign or flag on the Wi-Fi signal that says "FREE! TAKE ME!"? I don't think there is.
Maybe (some day) you will realize that theft is theft and you don't have a leg to stand on arguing against it. |
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iamsomeone
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the pool is "almost" a fair comparison except.... it would be an equal comparison if your pool had a sign on it saying anyone is free to use it and you standing by the sign waving for people to come in. Your pool does not have a setting that can be set to assign leases to all incoming connections or to be "private". AP's can be set either to only allow some connections or to "allow" everything, and assign a "lease" to whichever computers within range. If it's set to assign a lease to whatever is in range, then it makes sense that this would constitute "permission"---- unless there is some sort of security or encryption that the user is "tricking" or "hacking". Security in itself does not change whether it's illegal or not to connect, but if there is security then the user connecting is lying about it's identity which would seem to relate to "obtaining property (service) under false pretenses". |
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oliphant
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| So if you leave your door unlocked that is permission for me to enter. That's fine.
An AP is a gate. Encryption is a lock on the gate.
You must actively connect to the AP just as you must open the gate. Neither imply permission to do anything. |
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i think you misunderstood DebianDude. i dont think it said it's "right" or "not stealing" to take the calculator..... i think he was pointing out that by the logic you presented that taking the calculator would be a 3rd degree felony..... which it would. calculators are computers in the same manner that an AP is. |
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| What if it's a $1000 calculator? The fact that you returned it doesn't negate the fact that you didn't have a right to touch it.
So you're cool if people 'borrow' your car without your knowledge or permission so long as they bring it back? |
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