Comments on: Stealing a neighbour’s Internet connection

By: Wireless Connectivity

Wireless Connectivity — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:02:22 +0000

I thought you gonna give some info on how to connect to a security enabled network………

By: catpaw

catpaw — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:04:07 +0000

I am not sure what the laws are here in Toronto. But I suspect Netgear is one of the many computer illiterates out there.

Good comments, both of you.

By: Shaudius

Shaudius — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:58:32 +0000

The owner of the NetGear network may be uninformed, and he may be asking for trouble, but he may not be completely without recourse depending on the jurisdiction.

In Michigan a man was charged with stealing an internet cafe’s free Wi-Fi because he was outside of the cafe using their internet connection.

http://www.switched.com/2007/05/29/man-charged-for-using-cafes-free-wi-fi/

I’m not sure the state of the law in other places, but it stands to reason that at least a few other jurisdictions have similar laws that could make you think twice about connecting to that unsecured wireless network instead of the proper one you are permitted to access.

By: Binh Nguyen

Binh Nguyen — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:42:29 +0000

I’m sure NetGear doesn’t loose anything. It’s the owner of the NetGear modem that loose their dollars and bandwidth.

Of course everyone should secure their wireless connection. Unless they are totally not networking literate.