JohnT wrote:
> "Joseph Coulter" wrote in message
> news:Xns9A964BE51F39Ayourvacationcomcastn@216.196.97.136...
> > Mike O'... wrote in
> > news:68aeftF2rqcnhU1@mid.individual.net:
> >
> >
> >> 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,
If you left your front door unlocked, you're not inviting someone or
giving permission for them to steal your TV. The prosecutions for this
are very rare, but tend to involve over the top cases- people parking
their car outside people's houses, apartment buildings etc.
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