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Comments on news posted 2004-08-30 13:58:58: An interesting debate emerges among users of our security forum: if you come across an unsecured hotspot, should you somehow notify the owner? Since ringing the doorbell at 7PM might spook an owner, users discuss whether or not leaving harmless tech.. ..
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detth
Onemhz On Aim
join:2000-10-06
Astoria, NY |  let it go
In fact - check this out. There are several open wifi spots around my house. I consider them as backup Internet access. I leave them alone, I may need them if my primary connection goes down. | |
| Frdbrkl
join:2003-09-03
Beltsville, MD
| Question to a question The first question I have is-how can you represent yourself as an honest party, with no harmful intent if you even *know* the hotspot is alive.
You had to search for it, didn't you? What made you turn on your lap top right here? Do you follow me?
The mere fact that you have knowledge of the hotspot indicates that you were in fact in their hotspot with your laptop-very shady looking.
Sort of a double edged sword. My own opinion is to configure your machine to not pick up these little gems(ie-turn it off when not using it, etc), then you don't know, and you aren't caught in the quandry.
I don't mean to sound callous or come off as a bad samaritan, but many people take offense to privacy invasions (although I *might* not shoot somebody on my porch trying to tell me my spot is open...).
If it were a governmental organization, I would phone a manager and advise them-at a managerial level the issue should be rather quickly resolved.
But I would *NOT* tell the DMV. Screw 'em. 
Frd
"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."- Henny Youngman | |
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