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Should those who slurp WiFi be jailed? | by Illiad | 2007-10-08 11:34:07 |
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Yes. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-10-08 11:41:32 |
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Agree, with second part anyway. Besides, if | by taitano | 2007-10-08 11:45:22 |
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If you leave your house's door open, | by CynicalRyan | 2007-10-08 11:46:47 |
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Different situation | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 11:47:56 |
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How don't I have that claim? | by CynicalRyan | 2007-10-08 11:51:33 |
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by shadowsystems |
2007-10-08 12:00:56 |
Over-the-air via publicly-accessible radio frequencies.
They don't suddenly stop at the edge of your property, which means anyone within reception range can access those signals & interact with them at-will.
There's absolutely nothing you can do to stop someone from picking up the signal & using it as they want.
Unless you encrypt the traffic, or otherwise do something to restrict the access to said transmitted data (which the decryption there-of would be in violation of various laws), it's being done over public airspace.
Check the FCC rules & regs about HAM/CB/GPRS Radio broadcasting.
Unless it's encrypted or otherwise "locked" against general public decryption, if you broadcast it into the air, it's not yours to control any longer.
Which means anyone with the means to receive the signal, can interact with said signal in any way they feel like.
Don't want them on your WiFi network signal?
Encrypt it, lock it down, password protect it, or what-ever else it takes to turn it from an unencrypted-over-public-airwaves broadcast into an encrypted-and-secured broadcast.
There are very specific exceptions (such as police/emergency/military bands/channels and cellular), but for the most part, if you send it in the clear, anyone can pick it up & play with it as they see fit.
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Which means that the system is wrong. | by CynicalRyan | 2007-10-08 12:04:48 |
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The owner of the AP is actively broadcasting | by joecrouse | 2007-10-08 12:17:02 |
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Actually, it is not "actively broadcasting". | by CynicalRyan | 2007-10-08 12:20:57 |
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CMIFAW. An unsecured AP is actively distributing | by joecrouse | 2007-10-08 12:23:13 |
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You have to set that up. | by subbywan | 2007-10-08 12:24:53 |
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When setting up an AP, You are litteraly asked | by taitano | 2007-10-08 12:38:48 |
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Like a trucker's CB radio. (n/t) | by taitano | 2007-10-08 12:39:31 |
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nope, not with many of them | by Freakazoid | 2007-10-08 14:22:29 |
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Yep, and many of them end up connecting | by ToLazyToThink | 2007-10-08 16:50:03 |
