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Originally Posted by Sagi_AFF
Some cities offer free wireless to all residents. How do you know when it's free or not?
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Originally Posted by Fetish Gimp
And how do you know it doesn't?
Maybe your neighbours are leaving their wifi unsecured so that people who can't afford net access can piggy back onto their public and unsecured network because goddarn it, they're just that generous and you gotta pay it forward like Oprah says y'now?
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It's all about express permission, imho.
In the case of the city opening up a connect to all residents of a city I live in, I would have express permission from the city to utilize that connect.
In the case of my neighbors, unless I've discussed the matter with them, or their network is named "FREEFORALL_ENJOY" or something, I do not have that express permission - and therefore, I feel it'd be wrong of me to use it.
If I'm not paying for something that requires a cost to someone, and I do not have express permission from the someone footing the bill to use that something... it's stealing.
How well they lock it up or not has absolutely no bearing on that, I think.