Re: Hey Neighbor, Stop Piggybacking on My Wireless
- From: "George Z. Bush" <georgezbush@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 12:35:26 -0500
Rita wrote:
On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 22:22:56 -0500, "George Z. Bush"
<georgezbush@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Rita wrote:
On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:14:03 GMT, Jean Smith <gotermite@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
In article <iWiPf.2413$pV5.782@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj005@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Rita" <nitany_98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 01:42:19 -0500, "none2u"
<none2u@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>If, people weren't so lazy, and install hard wires in their house,
This
>>wouldn't happen.
>
> I'm not sure who this guy is taking off at -- those who install
> wireless networks of their own or those who piggyback on those
> of others.
It is just a rant... Seem to get a lot of that recently....
Why would one have to piggyback when the linksys network is universal?
I don't understand your question, Jean.
What I mean by "piggyback" in this context is this:
Someone who has a computer that has a wireless card but no Internet
connection. The wireless card will find any computer within range
that has installed a wireless network. If that wireless network is
not secured, the first person can connect to it and use that person's
connection to an ISP.
There are many places, such as libraries and coffee shops and even
parks where wireless connections are made available to the public.
One just needs a laptop with a wireless card. But people generally
don't appreciate someone "piggybacking" on their personal wireless
network and the way to avoid that is to secure it with router and
password.
It all boils down to the fact that someone who takes something that isn't
his without the permission of the owner is a thief.
George Z
And people lock their doors and install security systems to prevent
other forms of thievery. Complaining about it is not nearly as
effective as doing something about it. If you can walk down a street
with your laptop and see signals of numerous "open" wifi connections
to hook up to, those who have the connections won't be saved by
calling an unauthorized user a thief.
Of course they won't, Rita. I didn't mean to infer that you had to call him
anything. I was merely establishing a definition of who that kind of person
is.
Simple analogy....I go to the supermarket and leave my car keys in the
ignition while I'm inside shopping. I come back out and the car's gone.
The stranger who took it is a thief, which doesn't begin to address what I
am, but that was never the point. He took my car, not his property and
without my permission.....ergo, he's a thief. AFAIAC, the same applies to
anyone who hooks up to a connection he hasn't paid for simply because it's
sitting there untended and he can hook up to it. That person's a thief.
George Z
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