Quoting Michael Leuty <[log in to unmask]> on Tue 16 Nov 2004 18:21:29 GMT:
> Question:
>
> While staying in a big city you open up your wireless-enabled laptop,
> and find you have access to someone's unsecured wireless internet
> connection.
>
> Is it ethical to use it?
>
> Is it safe?
>
> --
> Michael Leuty
> Nottingham, UK
>
The one word answer is 'No'.
A slightly longer answer might be that you could use it of you were able to
totally convince yourself that your use would not adversely affect their use,
in terms of response times and possible charges. If you want to be really pi
about it all, you should perhaps advise them that their network is unsecured.
On the other hand, if the daft b*****s cannot take the elementary precautions
needed to their networkure, they deserve all they get.
Mike Wells
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