If a network is left open/unsecured, anyone may freely connect to it. Pretty sure it's legal, though it isn't particularly smart of your neighbors to do it. Lots of coffee shops and small businesses leave their WiFi networks open around downtown to encourage people to eat/work there. Public library also has it.
Most of them that know they are freely giving bandwidth out throttle it, my guess is your neighbors don't. Doubt they will know/care if you are using a kindle on it though. That thing uses such little bandwidth they would never notice.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
In the UK is it a criminal offence to use a wireless network without permission. People have been prosecuted for it. Don't do it.
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I think you are talking about WEP cracking, not connecting to unsecured/open networks...