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    "Default" wifi connection?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by xdamage518, Mar 29, 2009.

  1. xdamage518

    xdamage518 Notebook Guru

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    Hi, ok so I've been using my laptop on someone else's wifi, probably my neighbors for about 2 months, suddenly today there is a wifi connection called "default". What kind of connection is this?

    P.S. I don't have a wireless router myself.
     
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    Sephye Notebook Guru

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    If you do it without your neighbour's knowledege, its illegal.
     
    Sephye, Mar 29, 2009
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    xdamage518 Notebook Guru

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    How is it illegal if they're the one that doesnt have it secured or locked though? its a unsecured network...
     
    xdamage518, Mar 29, 2009
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    The same way it is stealing even if you don't get caught....
     
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Because you're getting unauthorized access to whomever's network you're leeching off of, and it's the "unauthorized" part that makes it (generally speaking) illegal. By way of analogy, if your neighbor leaves his front door unlocked, it's still trespassing if you walk inside without getting your neighbor's permission first, and it's still grand larceny if you walk off with his big-screen tv.
     
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