"Joseph Coulter" wrote in message
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> Mike O'... wrote in
> news:68aeftF2rqcnhU1@mid.individual.net:
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>> A fair chance of being arrested too, for piggy-backing of somebody
>> else's unencrypted connection.
>
> I can't quite get my head around that idea. Free wifi is out there, how
> can
> I tell the intent of a person who issues an unsecured signal. Are they
> offering it to me or not? It isn't like I am walking into their house.
> more
> like walking across a public park and stumbling into someone's lawn sans
> fences or signs to give notice that I am no longer in the park.
>
I agree that it is stupid, but it has happened here in the UK. See
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6960304.stm
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JohnT
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