Re: Nicking someones wifi??

On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:15:21 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



"Andrew Gabriel" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:462a48f4$0$515$5a6aecb4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <vd7a23t5h73g47siio2olmh00n86rlgms3@xxxxxxx>,
Stuart Millington <news@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:43:41 +0100, "Beck"
<daft_ader@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

He added that if people were using someone else's
network to enter illegal porn sites, for example, it
would be very difficult to trace them.

There /should/ be something to enable prosecution of
the person who set-up the network with inadequate
security (or no security as is likely).

Why?

Having spent a while working in California, many people
deliberately leave their WiFi wide open so that much of
the built-up areas have continuous WiFi availability.

Well maybe it's legal there. It isn't here.

It is perfectly legal here.

What is not legal is *using* somebody else's WiFi connection without
permission.
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