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If it isn't yours and you take it it's stealing. Simple.
In this case dude KNEW it wasn't free and did it. It's not like he
lived upstairs or next door. He drove to the location.
Now I've had heck with DSL and wireless connections. One confusing piece of nonsense after another.
I get secured DSL not wireless. When I got secured my laptop would access wireless and I didn't know it. I found out later my laptop was defective as were umpteen others from the manufacturer. I was paying for wireless and my own DSL connection as a backup. If one went out I had the other.
In Burbank they have wireless. Sometimes people are unaware that their connection via wireless may not always go to the connection they set up.
It's very confusing as software does one thing, the phone companies do another and us non networking people get confused.
If you have unsecured wireless you're taking a risk if you don't care who uses it because you have a ton of software pirates and porn fiends who'll use your service for all sorts of nefarious ends and next thing you know the cops are knocking on YOUR door.
In the past 6 years I've had 5 different DSL companies. Each one would fuck up and do this or that. Finally got a company that just did things 1-2-3. I had to learn how to easily set up a secured wireless network. I don't use it but learned how. In some cases it's very easy.
When you go to locations it's best to just ask if they have free wi fi. If you live in a city that offers free wi fi and your neighbors or businesses nearby have their own wi fi you have to configure your system to accept the specific one.
In the case of the guy who got arrested, he purposefully went to a location to do what he did. He thought it was harmless but a law almost 20 years old was dug up to work him over.
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