What defines stealing Internet WIFI?

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From: (©¿©) Crown King bar fly
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:59

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What defines stealing Internet WIFI?

If a hosting Wi-Fi owner transmits a signal into
your property or public area, and that signal
proactively announces an SSID which functions
like an invite, yet the host has left the
network unlocked, then the host's DHCP server
actively accommodates the guest and offers an
IP address for them to use it is not considered
stealing. There is no lock breached, there is no
violation of private property. There is no
trespass.

However, it is considered stealing if;

.If ANY kind of hack or bypass is needed to get
through some form of security, then the
innocence of the visitor is highly dubious.
Even the easily hacked WEP is 100% functional
as a signal that the host does not want
"visitors". 

.Any kind of viewing, or messing around inside
the host's LAN, PCs, and other equipment is
illegal through existing laws. Doing so is no
longer a victimless activity.


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