Re: [MLUG] Looking 4 mad cheap PCI wireless cards

[Nimrod Levy <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:11:51 -0500 (CDT), Mike Miller
<EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> I think it's more akin to "if I leave my curtain open, is it ok for people
> driving by to see into my living room?"  The answer is "yes".  People are
> not legally obliged to avert their gaze just because you don't want them
> to see inside your home.  How are they to know what you want?  If you
> leave the drapes open, maybe it's because you want people to see inside.

I disagree.  It's probably more like your neighbor hooking up to your
outside water faucet and making use of water that you are paying for. 
Even if most people have flat fee usage agreements for broadband
connectivity and their bill doesn't go up as it would with the water
usage example, it is still using my resource that I paid for.  I don't
have a padlock on my water faucet, but it's still not right for my
neighbor to use it without my permission.

> 
> Entering someone's unlocked home is akin to cracking into their computer
> when it has a bad password.  That may be a criminal act.

There is no 'may be' about it.  Putting your packets on my network
without my consent is theft of service.  Open access point or not.  It
is also illegal to connect your TV to your cable provider without
their consent.
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