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

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Nimrod Levy wrote:

> <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.

Not really.  It's more like you are spraying water at your neighbor's home 
and he is collecting it for his own use.  He didn't ask you to spray water 
at his home, but since you are doing it, why shouldn't he make use of it? 
Wifi access points broadcast to local computers without their permission. 
This is like spraying water on your neighbors house.


>> 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.

What constitutes consent?  When I turn on my computer, it is receiving an 
invitation from your access point.  If I accept that invitation, I have 
committed a crime?  I don't think so.  If you don't want me on your 
network, don't broadcast an invitation!

Mike
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