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Connecting to unsecured wireless: Is it hijacking? by ChuckAB2006-11-19 12:55:59
  Is it yours? Did you get permission? by nin_man2005-01-27 07:37:52
    You make it sound easier than it is by Control2005-01-27 07:41:11
      Yes, it is. by nin_man2005-01-27 07:46:20
        What about sound? by Control2005-01-27 07:52:08
          You're going to look like a ninny. by nin_man 2005-01-27 08:00:09
And you're going to great pains to try to convince yourself that using someone else's wireless signal isn't stealing. It is.

I'll say it again: if it isn't yours, and you didn't get permission to use it, it's stealing. It's stealing if you splice into someone else's cable TV signal to get cable at your house without paying for it, it's stealing if you tweak your cordless phone to work with their wireless signal, and it's stealing if you use someone's wireless connection so you can get internet access without paying for it.

All of those are paid services that you're expected to subscribe to to have rights to use it. Using it without paying is stealing. It's stealing from the cable, phone, or internet company regardless, and it's stealing from your neighbor if you didn't ask for permission first.
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            I don't agree by Control2005-01-27 08:04:14
              Someone has to pay real money by BloodyViking2005-01-27 08:06:32
                No because it doesn't cost them any more by Control2005-01-27 08:11:24
                  How do you know it is "waste light"? by BloodyViking2005-01-27 08:15:48
                    Now that's a point I must conceed by Control2005-01-27 08:19:16
                      Most ISPs don't have a hard cap by MikeCDN2005-01-27 09:20:13
                        AFAIK, It isn't uncommon for them to charge by BloodyViking2005-01-27 09:36:26
                          Neither shaw nor telus have ever charged by MikeCDN2005-01-27 09:43:54
                  how about stealing by gibuu2005-01-27 11:32:14
                    How is that considered stealing? by Control2005-01-27 11:35:54
                      no, you're not. by plblark2005-01-27 11:39:43
                        My dad had one of those chips for years by MikeCDN2005-01-27 11:44:34
                          they refused to sell it to him, he took it by plblark2005-01-27 11:58:13
                            Yep, Legal reasons, Canada laws by MikeCDN2005-01-27 12:00:42
                              takk a service w/o paying w/o permission: wrong by plblark2005-01-27 12:20:04
                                Guess a very different base ethics by MikeCDN2005-01-27 12:25:06
                                they said NO, we CAN'T sell to you by plblark2005-01-27 12:33:31
                                Not really by MikeCDN2005-01-27 12:50:15
                                there is a reason it is illegal in Canada by gibuu2005-01-27 13:07:07
                                Your right, there is a reason by MikeCDN2005-01-27 13:09:58
                                so to circumvent a law placed by your elected by plblark2005-01-27 13:17:59
                                Actually it wasn't the company prosecuting by MikeCDN2005-01-27 13:31:46
              Is a cordless phone signal a material object? by nin_man2005-01-27 08:08:01
                Don't worry about me coming. by krikkert2005-01-27 08:11:27
                  Sure you are. by nin_man2005-01-27 08:14:47
                It isn't illegal to use a cordless phone signal.. by hemlock2005-01-27 08:12:03
                  They're not that encrypted. by nin_man2005-01-27 08:19:30
                    This is true. by hemlock2005-01-27 08:53:08
            Try this one on for size: by Peace_man2005-01-27 08:58:02
              Control tried that already. by nin_man2005-01-27 08:59:38
                Nice logic:-P by Peace_man2005-01-27 09:08:09
                  Yep. by krikkert2005-01-27 09:10:11
                  wow, self depreciation even (n/t) by plblark2005-01-27 09:10:14
                  Its not a good analogy. by gibuu2005-01-27 11:37:31
              The problem with that analogy by BloodyViking2005-01-27 09:34:38
                Ok, so I touch the roses by Control2005-01-27 09:40:14
                  you were in trespass (n/t) by gibuu2005-01-27 11:38:16
                    No, they're hanging over the sidewalk by Control2005-01-27 11:42:38
                      you're not helping yourself by re-writing the by gibuu2005-01-27 11:47:32
                      The signal is, the network isn't. by BloodyViking2005-01-27 11:52:26
                uh but when you leave by MikeCDN2005-01-27 09:44:57
                  but if he had running processes, by plblark2005-01-27 10:07:30
                    but thats not true by MikeCDN2005-01-27 10:27:26
                      but during the time you were there by plblark2005-01-27 10:36:31
                        s/CPU/bandwidth/ (n/t) by plblark2005-01-27 10:38:23
                        yes i'm reading it by MikeCDN2005-01-27 10:58:12
                          I see a lot of Ass and U and Mptions by plblark2005-01-27 11:24:02
                            Well that falls into abuse categories by MikeCDN2005-01-27 11:30:48
                          just because you think the crime by gibuu2005-01-27 11:41:01
                            replace illegal with wrong :) (nt) by gibuu2005-01-27 11:42:13

 

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