 envoid
join:2002-12-21
Duluth, GA
1 edit | reply to Scilicet
Re: What Is A Crime? said by Scilicet:The arrests have led to plenty of confusion in the media and among law enforcement over what constitutes a crime.
It seems quite clear to me. Freeloading is theft, period. I'm not one to agree about using others' wifi being theft, but I think I'm about to join that boat. Think of it like stealing cable: Just because your neighbor doesn't have a lock on the box on the side of their house doesn't mean you can run a cable to it and use their service. With wifi you're basically running a virtual cable to their WAP to use their service. Just cuz you can't physically see the connection doesn't make it not a connection.
Now, don't get me wrong, everyone should lock up their WAP, especialy since you don't need to be even near it to use it. But, if they purposely leave it insecure for others to share then of course its not and shouldn't be considered theft.
This is with the idea that the connection to the WAP is on some else's private property that you don't possess.
Also, it doesn't matter if the signal is entering your "space" as your cell signal (tower and phone) is entering mine, along with your satellite signal that you paid to convert. Because of this, does it allow me to take this signal and convert it however I want on your dime and use your cell signal as my own? |
