On Tue, 6 May 2008 18:11:57 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>Mike O'... wrote:
>
>> Joseph Coulter wrote:
>> > Jesper Lauridsen wrote in news:481e398b$0$27365
>> > $ba624c82@nntp06.dk.telia.net:
>> >
>> >> Having purchased an iPod Touch with the entention of using it for
>> >> checking email when travelling, I'll be interested in hearing how
>> >> others find networks when in a strange city. Where do you go, what
>> >> do you look for?
>> >>
>> >> My next trip is to Germany, so any hints for that country are
>> >> especially valuable.
>> >>
>> >
>> > While walking through Punte del Este Urugray , I noticed two guys with
>> > laptops on a otherwise deserted street, so I fired up my Pocket PC and
>> > voila, hotspot. If you see folks surfing it is fair to assume you will find
>> > a signal.
>> >
>> A fair chance of being arrested too, for piggy-backing of somebody
>> else's unencrypted connection.
>
>Actually, a very small chance, at least in Europe. Very few prosecutions
>of this, though you're right to point out it's illegal in many
>countries- certainly in the UK.
How do they catch you? Spy on you? |