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Alexander Turcic · 08-03-2005, 01:13 PM

Sammy of PalmAddicts stumbled over a scary post at Tekguru today who is quoting BBC that in London a man was fined 500 British pounds and 12 months' conditional discharge for hijacking a wireless broadband connection. According to computer forensics specialist Simon Janes:

"Gaining unauthorised access to someone else's network is an offence and people have to take responsibility for their actions. Some people might argue that taking a joy-ride in someone else's car is not an offence either."

I know that my neighbor would never notice me borrowing a bit of his bandwidth, he passed 80, but what if his son finds out about my misbehavior? Perhaps it's time to pay for the Internet.

08-03-2005, 01:13 PM	#1
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,175 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Hacking your neighbor's WiFi? Think twice. Sammy of PalmAddicts stumbled over a scary post at Tekguru today who is quoting BBC that in London a man was fined 500 British pounds and 12 months' conditional discharge for hijacking a wireless broadband connection. According to computer forensics specialist Simon Janes: "Gaining unauthorised access to someone else's network is an offence and people have to take responsibility for their actions. Some people might argue that taking a joy-ride in someone else's car is not an offence either." I know that my neighbor would never notice me borrowing a bit of his bandwidth, he passed 80, but what if his son finds out about my misbehavior? Perhaps it's time to pay for the Internet.