Thread: Ruling: IP address does not identify person
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Old 05-04-2012, 12:41 PM   #67
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Let me ask you a question, if I may. Consider this scenario:

I live alone. I'm an IT professional, and have been for 30-odd years. I have a properly secured wireless network (WPA2, lengthy string of completely random characters for a passphrase). Nobody but me ever uses my computers. Doesn't take a genius to figure out that if copyrighted material is downloaded via my IP connection then I'm the one who did the deed.

Now, let's suppose I'm a pirate. I think to myself, "aha! If I remove the encryption from my WiFi, I've got a 'get out of jail free' card. If anyone tries to prosecute me for copyright infringement, all I have to do is say that someone else must have used by WiFi without my knowledge!"

True or not?

If true, it's a sad state of affair, to my mind .
So you don't believe it's possible for wifi to be hacked???
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