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Connecting to unsecured wireless: Is it hijacking? | by ChuckAB | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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Is it yours? Did you get permission? | by nin_man | 2005-01-27 07:37:52 |
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You make it sound easier than it is | by Control | 2005-01-27 07:41:11 |
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you make the analogy simpler than it is. | by plblark | 2005-01-27 07:44:43 |
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Maybe, maybe not | by Control | 2005-01-27 07:50:47 |
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No, it doesn't imply that. | by nin_man | 2005-01-27 08:04:59 |
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I didn't take anything | by Control | 2005-01-27 08:15:17 |
| For the sake of argument, I have been. |
by nin_man |
2005-01-27 08:32:15 |
Makes it easier on the old pronouns to assume, for this, that I have a wireless station and you're using it without my permission.
You're assuming, though, that it's a public signal. If it is truly a public signal, such as the one my city blankets its downtown with, that's one time. It being public means that you have permission from the operator (the city, in this case) to use it.
Just because it's unencrypted doesn't mean it's public. You seem to be assuming that only tech-savvy people operate wireless networks, and that is simply not true. I would say that most wireless networks are operated by people who have no idea about networking besides what they read in the instruction manual. If not most, then many.
These are people who don't *know* about encryption, or are too intimidated by it to set it up. What you're advocating is taking advantage of their lack of knowledge of security, using their paid service without permission or reimbursement, and presuming that you're in the right in doing so.
Yes, the signal will be hitting you in the face if it's on, but it will be doing that whether or not it's encrypted. When you connect wirelessly to the network, you are then using someone else's network. You're going next door and changing their radio to what you want to hear. You're going into their home and turning lights off and on so you can see better. You are controlling someone else's physical property (the router) for your personal use without their permission.
Can you explain to me just how that isn't hijacking? |
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