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war peddlaz | 20 comments (20 topical, editorial, 0 pending)

Re: Should people do this? none (#2)
by Anonymous Hero on Sun Sep 16th, 2001 at 15:38:32 GMT

Absolutely. Likening this scanning behavior to telling people who doesn't lock their house is kind of silly. After all, if I rob your television, you've lost something of value. If I hop on your unprotected wireless network and use your internet connection for a while, you've lost nothing but unused bandwidth. People who feel violated by this behavior often are trying to compare it to some sort of real-world crime, and we must refrain from doing that. We are borrowing unprotected resources--not assaulting, stealing, or causing damage. It's more like using the bathroom at McDonalds without purchasing anything.

Either way, if you do not want people using your wireless network, you should take measures to secure it. How else can you discern between friendly open networks, and private ones?

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Re: Should people do this? none (#3)
by Anonymous Hero on Sun Sep 16th, 2001 at 19:18:19 GMT

Your line of thought follows that of the average spammer:

    "This mail server is an 'unprotected'
    open relay. They aren't using all of
    their bandwidth or server capacity
    so they wouldn't mind if I used some..."

It is just as WRONG to steal physical objects from someone as it is to steal services (ie. bandwidth) that they pay for. Where has the conscience of the average person gone?

-Mike

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Re: Should people do this? none (#4)
by Anonymous Hero on Mon Sep 17th, 2001 at 03:00:02 GMT

Sorry, I have to kinda agree with Mike on this one. Many companies (in the US, might be different overseas), pay for a limited amount of bandwidth (100MBps/day, 200MBps/day, etc). Using their bandwidth, protected or not, is theft. Ether is still ether. Sorry guys, I just don't agree with it. -J/Rod

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Your address please? none (#5)
by jbrw on Mon Sep 17th, 2001 at 13:15:17 GMT
(User Info) http://www.newsfilter.co.uk/

Can you leave your door unlocked and give me your address in case I need to go to your bathroom (or watch your TV) when I am in your neighbourhood? I promise not to steal anything or do something bad!

(Ofcourse, I might have a quick peek at your bank statements if they're not too well hidden and my curiosity gets the better of me...)

...j

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war peddlaz | 20 comments (20 topical, editorial, 0 pending)

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