Originally Posted by borked

It's not an extreme minority at all. The ISPs sell this thing on that point - broadband everywhere. Kids at college, on the road, all use your connection.

The ISP account holder though gets taken to court.

If my kids were at college using my internet account as touted by the ISPs, then fine. If they do something illegal, they are accountable, not me. But this tactic holds me responsible - similar to the "partner downloading porn at home" scenario, but more extreme as this is a selling point of the ISPs - I can control what goes in and out of my home firewall, but not elsewhere.

Not a minority at all.

Guilty until proven innocent. No, that is not what the laws of my land state.