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Originally Posted by northboy
It should DEFINITELY NOT be considered theft. It's not like this guy has the option to pay while he's in his car for the service. He turns on his laptop and connects.
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Bullshit. He knew he could get free wi-fi ther. If you are suggesting he just HAPPEND by ACCIDENT to find free wi-fi you are stupid.
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I believe it should be up to the cafe to encrypt their signal.
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So they PAYING customers that want to use it should have to go through hopps to conect? Kind of takes away the benefit of offering free wi-fi. Why couldn't this dude go in and buy a cup of coffee and then becomes a customers than is entitled to use of the free wi-fi?
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Just like with satellites, there was a whole grey market thing when they first weren't encrypted allowing regular home users to simply 'catch' signals since it is directed into their own homes.
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There isn't any grey areas. There are laws on the books.
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This guy is in a public place the cafe's signal is reaching him outside so that's the cafe's responsiblity to either setup a system where people have to pay, or encrypt it and not allow people to catch it outside.
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Sorry the parking lot of the cafe is NOT public. A city or county park is PUBLIC. PUBLIC means your tax $$$ paid for it, like a CITY park. Parking lots on private property are still part of that property. Is your driveway public?
Once again why should the PAYING patrons of the cafe have to go though hoops to take advantage of free wi-fi just because some douchebag is too cheap to get his own internet access or buy a cup of coffee?
Also by using your logic if my neighbor want to use my outdoor electical outlets without my permission that's ok because I should have made sure he didn't have easy access to them.