should this slit be there

[kevinofengland]

Hi i just recieved my Kindle and on left hand side there is a small4-5 mm slit where you can see inside the kindle. should this be there?

thanks

Kevin

[JeremyR]

There are two holes on the left side where the Amazon lighted cover attaches. One at the top, sort of between the speaker and the back page button, and one at the bottom, right around the Q key (a little above it).

[kevinofengland]

Originally Posted by JeremyR

There are two holes on the left side where the Amazon lighted cover attaches. One at the top, sort of between the speaker and the back page button, and one at the bottom, right around the Q key (a little above it).

Oh good. I do not have a wireless network but it has conected to 7 networks not sure how as i did not set it up. Is it legal to use these networks because I think they cold be residential ones?

Kev

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by kevinofengland

Oh good. I do not have a wireless network but it has conected to 7 networks not sure how as i did not set it up. Is it legal to use these networks because I think they cold be residential ones?

Kev

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.

[curstpriest]

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.

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.

I think you are talking about WEP cracking, not connecting to unsecured/open networks...

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by curstpriest

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.

A WiFi network that is intended for public use is a different matter altogether. It is an unquestionable fact that in the UK, which is where the original poster is located, to use someone's personal (or corporate) WiFi network without their permission is a crime, and one for which people have been prosecuted. This applies even if the network is unsecured. To use an analogy, leaving the front door of your house unlocked does not make it permissible for a total stranger to come and sit in your living room.

[reech]

Originally Posted by curstpriest

If a network is left open/unsecured, anyone may freely connect to it.

Nuh-nuh-nuh - please don't do this If you connect to a *private* network - i.e. something owned by someone else, even if they ARE as stupid as to leave it unencrypted - then you are committing tresspass under UK law; that's how several people have been prosecuted in the past - not through the computer misuse act, when it comes to hacking.

Basically, look at it this way - your neighbour has left their wireless network open - would you log on and use it?

And - your neighbour has left the front door to their house open - would you go in and take things?

[reech]

Harry snapped it at the same time as me

[HarryT]

Regarding the situation in the US, this link may be of some interest. (It concerns a Michigan man being fined $400 for using a coffee shop's WiFi network.)

[Barty]

When I received mine, there was a bunch of holes on the top side. After staring at it, I realized the back panel was not snapped in properly. Pressed it gently and it snapped in. Yikes.

[ricsmania]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Regarding the situation in the US, this link may be of some interest. (It concerns a Michigan man being fined $400 for using a coffee shop's WiFi network.)

So, that means using public Wifi hotspots is illegal in the US?

[curstpriest]

LOL @ UK laws, you guys are silly, but then again you also allow nonsense like THIS go go on, so your networking laws are .....

Don't use the open wireless then!
Possessing a network device that you don't configure properly should be YOUR OWN responsibility (any violation of service should be your own fault - if you leave it open/get hacked = your fault) Sorry but ignorance is not really a way to opt-out of responsibility. At least this is how we treat it here.

Doing this would be similar to leaving a live extension cord out in the street, a water hose running 24/7, your windows unlocked, your car unlocked, etc. Irresponsibility.
If you don't understand how something works, don't buy it. WiFi has had easy config options for years now, and even WEP with it's infinite flaws is better than nothing. Yet I still see my neighbors with open routers purchased 2 months ago (WPA2/AES defaults) set to open. I'm tempted to brick them by tftping half a firmware over wlan. Idiots. But I digress.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by ricsmania

So, that means using public Wifi hotspots is illegal in the US?

I think the issue was that the WiFi was only there for use of customers of the coffee shop, and this gentleman was not a customer - he was just sitting outside, using it.

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by ricsmania

So, that means using public Wifi hotspots is illegal in the US?

No. But you have to use common sense.

[reech]

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

No. But you have to use common sense.

Oh. Whoops. Talk about asking too much from people...