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Originally Posted by Emil
Does that mean I don't have to use my neighbors wireless network anymore?
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i think thats kind of the basis for this, not protecting you the downloading queen, but the person who is to stupid to protect their wireless network. So the problem comes when your just some 40 year old lady who got a wireless router through her ISP to use with her laptop, now facing criminal charges
I just checked and almost all my neighbors have an open wifi with no password protection. When I was in LA my neighbor had a wifi signal that was stronger than mine when I was in my living room and my stupid laptop would always try to connect to it (because he had the same SSID as the router at a clients office "linksys").
I used to get fed up and just log into his router (yes, he didnt even set a password besides "admin") and turn off his wifi. then about a day later i would see it turn back on and finally i never saw it again, but ironically that same day one started to pop up with "netgear"