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Mudpie2

@disa.mil

reply to AmeritecTech
Re: The owner of the "Unsecured" WiFi should be arrested

Exactly,

I leave my WIFI network wide open for the simple reason that if someone is using my network (roommate, family member, friend, etc) illegally, "unbeknownst to me", I can not be help liable for the "possibility" that someone accessed my network remotely.

Remember the RIAA case where the RIAA could not prove that the owner of the computer was in fact the person downloading songs because the WIFI network was unsecure and the "accused" DHCP IP address was the wireless router and not the private network IP address/computer name behind the router.

I do not endorse rouge behaviour, but I do not want to be placed in that position unfairly either.

Also, I am not a lawyer nor computer specialist, so I will not "assume" what is or is not legal versus ethical.

Skippy25

join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
said by Mudpie2 :

Exactly,
I do not endorse rouge behaviour, but I do not want to be placed in that position unfairly either.
LOL.
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